Spike in Drone Sightings Causing Safety Concerns

The U.S. government is getting near daily reports of drone sightings - a cause of concern for Federal Aviation Administration officials.
 
Officials say the government is sometimes getting two or three reports per day of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters - or close to airports without permission.

It's a sharp increase from just two years ago.

While officials say many of the reports are unconfirmed, others appear to be credible.

"It should not be a matter of luck that keeps an airplane and a drone apart," Rory Kay, a training captain at a major airline and a former Air Line Pilots Association safety committee chairman, said.

"So far, we've been lucky because if these things are operating in the sky unregulated, unmonitored and uncontrolled, the possibility of a close proximity event or even a collision has to be of huge concern."