B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162
Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
We had just leveled at 7000 feet over SWEET intersection on the arrival into EWR when the First Officer spotted a glider and called the traffic. We then saw the glider pass approximately 200-300 feet below the nose of our aircraft. It appeared that the glider was maneuvering to avoid us. We were headed northeast and the glider was headed west. We did not have a chance to maneuver our aircraft to avoid the glider. We did not receive a TCAS Alert because the glider did not have a transponder. ATC did not report the traffic but did say gliders had been a problem in that area when we reported the near miss. The rest of the flight was uneventful. We reported the near miss to ATC and Dispatch.
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B737 flight crew reported an NMAC with a glider that was not equipped with a transponder while on approach to EWR.