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Attributes | |
ACN | 1718740 |
Time | |
Date | 202001 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | BDL.Airport |
State Reference | CT |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | A320 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
Immediately after we broke out of the clouds on approach; we observed what looked like a drone to right of the runway 24 at bdl. It had purple and red led lights. Pointed it out to tower and to aircraft that followed us on approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported sighting a drone while on approach to BDL.
Narrative: Immediately after we broke out of the clouds on approach; we observed what looked like a drone to right of the Runway 24 at BDL. It had purple and red led lights. Pointed it out to Tower and to aircraft that followed us on approach.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.