<![CDATA[United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego]]>A United Airlines flight reported a midair collision between the plane and what appeared to be a drone near San Diego, according to a Wednesday statement.
“United flight 1980 reported a possible drone strike just prior to arriving in San Diego. The flight landed safely, and customers deplaned normally at the gate. Our maintenance team found no damage after thoroughly inspecting the aircraft,” United said in a statement to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.
According to United, the Boeing 737 flight was headed from San Francisco International Airport to San Diego International Airport, carrying 48 passengers and six crew members.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in its own statement to NewsNation that it “is aware of the report and is investigating.” The agency said drones cannot be flown at elevations higher than 400 feet without authorization.
The New York Post reported the flight struck at an altitude of roughly 3,000 feet during its approach. The outlet cited an air traffic control recording, with the pilot reportedly saying the object appeared “red” and “shiny.”

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/topic/953d68d9-80ee-445d-9387-2958e41a431a/united-airlines-flight-reports-possible-collision-with-drone-near-san-diegoRSS for NodeSun, 24 May 2026 18:10:28 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 19:15:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:18:25 GMT]]>Yep, and I just bought a Snapmaker U1 a month ago on that basis.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23488410https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23488410Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:18:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:51:45 GMT]]>Come on, those illegal muffler mods are super useful, how else are you going to announce to an entire mile radius area that you need an electron microscope just to find your dick?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/3815896/-/comment/14891395https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/3815896/-/comment/14891395Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:51:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:19:32 GMT]]>Everyone’s phones auto correcting the word drone eh.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25100903https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25100903Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:19:07 GMT]]>I mean, you can 3D printer print them and if your techy enough, you could have an unregistered drone.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25794679https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25794679Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:25:36 GMT]]>They should just out up like a net or cage around the engines to protect them from birds and drones and then they would be invincible.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25099728https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25099728Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:25:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:12:11 GMT]]>Rad, carry on!

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476689https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476689Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:12:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:34:50 GMT]]>Didn't they just essentially ban DJI?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476307https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476307Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:34:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:20:05 GMT]]>Oh sorry I meant plausibly useful tech

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476131https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23476131Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:20:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:48:10 GMT]]>Are you the asshole who keeps driving through my neighborhood at 1:30am with the illegal muffler modification?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23475824https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23475824Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:48:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:15:29 GMT]]>3d printers are next. Cant be having the masses creating physical plastic products that could be sold to them instead.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25098173https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25098173Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:22:39 GMT]]>Uh oh. I’ve never really been interested in drones but this may have triggered my policy of snapping up any tech that I think is likely to get outlawed

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473900https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473900Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:41:09 GMT]]>It's trivially easy to bypass for a lot of the DiY kits out there. I have actually sort of assumed that at some point they would try to kill that entire flight controller ecosystem under the guide of national security.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11147254https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11147254Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:41:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:55:44 GMT]]>If the altimeter was disabled would the drone refuse to fly to begin with?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473496https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473496Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:54:20 GMT]]>Look, I'm not saying it's wrong. I just get a very different mental image when I hear "done strike".

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473483https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473483Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:54:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:51:06 GMT]]>There was no damage to the plane. Therefore you could safely surmise the drone did not strike the engine.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/23012529https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/23012529Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:49:29 GMT]]>This. "Bird strike" is the accepted term for such a collision of a passenger aircraft with a bird. Thus drone strike.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473421https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473421Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:17 GMT]]>Eh, it's just a modification of "bird strike" which is commonly used for "plane strikes bird"

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473147https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23473147Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:05:55 GMT]]>I wonder if there's a way to trick the software limit so it thinks the ground is higher than it is, and allows a higher elevation above sea level. If you can make it think you're in Denver when you're actually in San Diego, it might let you fly a lot higher.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472807https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472807Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:05:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:04:16 GMT]]>Drone collision seems more accurate here.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/23011907https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/23011907Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:03:32 GMT]]>"Red" and "shiny" at 3,000 feet.. Doesn't a balloon sound more likely? I'm no expert but I imagine violently shredding a LiPo battery in a jet turbine would not be catastrophic but at least noticeable

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25789458https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/25789458Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:56:39 GMT]]>This is interesting because 3,000 feet is well above the software-imposed ceiling of most consumer drones. I wonder if it was an older model with fewer restrictions or something else entirely.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472681https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472681Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:56:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:56:22 GMT]]>What like a school full of children or a journalist in a car?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/25421646https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/25421646Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:31:05 GMT]]>

reported a possible drone strike

Look, I'm not saying it's wrong. I just get a very different mental image when I hear "done strike".

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472333https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23472333Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:31:05 GMT