A heavy jet at 1;500 feet on the ewr runway 4R ILS reported a uas passed overhead their aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	1301461
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162 Flight Crew Total 12169 Flight Crew Type 6165
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Newark air traffic control announced a drone was in the vicinity of the ewr airport. The first officer was flying the aircraft for landing on runway 4R following the ILS glide path. We were looking for the drone and as I was setting the flaps as requested by the first officer; the first officer saw the drone momentarily as it flew above our aircraft. I did not see it and neither did the other first officer (we were on an international flight and so we had a crew of 3). We landed the aircraft safely and the rest of the flight was normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A heavy jet at 1;500 feet on the EWR Runway 4R ILS reported a UAS passed overhead their aircraft.

Narrative: Newark air traffic control announced a drone was in the vicinity of the EWR airport. The first officer was flying the aircraft for landing on runway 4R following the ILS glide path. We were looking for the drone and as I was setting the flaps as requested by the first officer; the first officer saw the drone momentarily as it flew above our aircraft. I did not see it and neither did the other first officer (We were on an international flight and so we had a crew of 3). We landed the aircraft safely and the rest of the flight was normal.

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