A United spokesperson said Flight 1980 reported a possible drone strike just prior to the arrival at SAN. The flight landed safely, and customers deplaned normally at the gate, the spokesperson said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that Flight 1980 was at about 4,000 feet when the crew told air traffic control they believed they saw a drone 1,000 feet below them.
The Boeing 737 was carrying 49 passengers and six crew members at the time.
Last year, a drone collided with a firefighting aircraft during the Palisades Fire, resulting in damage that grounded the plane. In 2020, a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter struck a drone while responding to a call, forcing an emergency landing. The drone operator was later prosecuted, the first criminal case in the nation in which a person was charged with unsafely operating a drone.
In 2017, a drone collided with an Army Blackhawk helicopter near Staten Island, New York. No one was hurt.
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