Fuckin idiots.
It's as if they WANT more regulations on drones, which of course only affects people who use them for legitimate purposes.
for them to have to close airspace because of 2 shitty drones you can buy in a shop it is really ridiculous now.
this is the start of the downfall of them being available.
Legit horrifying what a small drone can do to an airliner's wing at high speed:
https://youtu.be/hA_BbujPfM8
did I imply they don't do damage? no, so calm yourself.
my post implies how easy it is for the average chav to buy a low grade product and be able to close an airspace affecting hundreds from getting home for christmas.
Some drone software will prevent you flying near airports. That should probably be standard for all drones.
there needs to be more regulations on drones
Drone license.
[muffled "OI MATE" in the distance]
Drones are very regulated already.
What these guys did is already very, very illegal.
Just do the same thing they do to cigarettes. The packaging must have a banner covering 20% of the packaging stating in big bold letters:
DO NOT FLY IN A RESTRICTED AIRSPACE. FLYING IN A RESTRICTED AIRSPACE WILL RESULT IN A FINE UP TO £X AND/OR JAIL TIME UP TO X YEARS.
SEE [WEBSITE] TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN AND CANNOT FLY
Last I checked people still smoke cigarettes. I've personally never seen what the point is in changing the packaging and adding huge warnings, etc... on stuff. People who buy shit that has those types of warnings already know the do's/donts (or in the case of cigarettes, what it is doing to their health)
That plane has a butthole
Well yeah but the thing is smokers definately know what it does to their body. I don't believe these people flying the drones were aware that theyre flying in a restricted airspace or thought its not a huge crime.
If they catch the person responsible they'll slap every charge possible on them. Possible terrorism for causing disruption/panic, it's probably just some moron or a "prank".
Drone controllers should be fitted with a small device which detects if the drone is flown close to an airport, and if detected, detonates a small explosive device which brings an end to the user's life
interesting twist for sure
now i was reading this and i was not ready for the twist. bravo sir
I wouldn't say drones should require licenses but I do think there should be airport proximity sensors as standard, and they can't be sold unless they have one.
This is now regarded as a deliberate attack rather than some kind of amateur drone user wandering into the airports air space. Wonder if it's some kind of soft terrorist attack on infrastructure? Costing millions each hour its going on.
They're not treating it as terror-related atm, proceeding on the assumption that some bellend is responsible
Bruh just have some dude shoot them out of the sky
Oh wait...
They're actually doing it
https://twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/status/1075783462701985793?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
It's not the worst idea I've heard for a terror attack, all you'd need would be an inexpensive drone and you could cause thousands of pounds' worth of losses through the disruption alone, nevermind actually trying to interfere with aircraft as they land or take off. I imagine it's difficult to trace too.
It probably is just some idiot in this case.
I live not 10mins away from this airport, I've just heard that they've called in military to deal with it. Rip thousands of pounds for gatwick though.
Maybe they need an anti drone flak cannon
This is still ongoing. I'm honestly shocked they haven't used SO19 or a similar marksman team to shoot it down. Not too sure of the drone's construction, though. Is it one that'd be resistant to firearms? Or is it a ground collateral risk?
Ground collateral risk according to the article on BBC. And I think the drones keep coming and going before anyone knows what's going on
Aye that's what I'd figured. When something like that ditches on a runway it could hit a lot of sensitive shit. It's why you see a lot of emergency landings take out the airport for weeks.
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