Widebody; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162; Flight Crew Total 12169; Flight Crew Type 6165
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
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.
A heavy jet at 1;500 feet on the EWR Runway 4R ILS reported a UAS passed overhead their aircraft.