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A319 flight crew reported sighting a uav below and to the left of their aircraft while descending through 7000 feet on the ROBUC2 arrival to bos.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1398214 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | STAR ROBUC2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 420 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 5266 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 1000 |
Narrative:
While descending through 7;000 feet between berei and bbogg intersection on the ROBUC2 STAR into bos; the captain reported to me that he saw a silver and white colored drone 1;000 feet below our aircraft and approximately 500 feet off our 8 o'clock position. The sighting was reported to bos approach control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew reported sighting a UAV below and to the left of their aircraft while descending through 7000 feet on the ROBUC2 arrival to BOS.
Narrative: While descending through 7;000 feet between BEREI and BBOGG intersection on the ROBUC2 STAR into BOS; the captain reported to me that he saw a silver and white colored drone 1;000 feet below our aircraft and approximately 500 feet off our 8 o'clock position. The sighting was reported to BOS Approach Control.
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.