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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    SantaClaus said:

    Not a bad way to extort money from an airport operator.

    Its a bit like Die Hard 2... without Bruce Willis and the explosions and machine guns...
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    palarsehater said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    When they catch these people they should be given as harsh a punishment as possible. I mean, vital organs for operations can be flown in to Airports too. I would give them 10 years.

    10 years fuck that wouldn't waste a cell on them, these tech types have 0 common sense.
    You know this is caused by a tech type, how exactly?

    Anyone with the money can go buy and fly drones, it's not rocket science.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    I blame Jeremy Corbyn. Why not?
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    palarsehater said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    When they catch these people they should be given as harsh a punishment as possible. I mean, vital organs for operations can be flown in to Airports too. I would give them 10 years.

    10 years fuck that wouldn't waste a cell on them, these tech types have 0 common sense.
    You know this is caused by a tech type, how exactly?

    Anyone with the money can go buy and fly drones, it's not rocket science.
    to be into flying drones you have to be of a technical mind, akin to people that play with train sets, not my bag.

    also to fly them with any skill you cant just take it out the box and off it goes, they have drone racing world cups etc.

    its a bit like saying a hacker isn't really into computers
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    20,000 passengers disrupted. Aircraft diverted to Paris, Amsterdam and other UK airports.

    The authorities have been aware of the potential for this for a few years and yet no detailed contingency plan was in place. No police or Armed Forces marksmen brought in to “take out” the offending drones and now nearly 14 hours after the drones appeared the situation persists.

    All the Commander of Gatwick Airport Police could offer was that he has 20 units whatever that means out trying to find the perpetrators.

    Can you imagine this situation being allowed to continue in the USA or in France for example ?

    You couldn’t make it up.

  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Update :
    765 flights either cancelled or delayed.
    110,000 passengers affected
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    It is outrageous
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    This seems to be an organised attempt at creating mass disruption at our second biggest airport as it approaches probably one of the busiest periods of the year for air travel.

    I doubt it is one person thinking they want to have some fun.

  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    palarsehater said:

    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    palarsehater said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    When they catch these people they should be given as harsh a punishment as possible. I mean, vital organs for operations can be flown in to Airports too. I would give them 10 years.

    10 years fuck that wouldn't waste a cell on them, these tech types have 0 common sense.
    You know this is caused by a tech type, how exactly?

    Anyone with the money can go buy and fly drones, it's not rocket science.
    to be into flying drones you have to be of a technical mind, akin to people that play with train sets, not my bag.

    also to fly them with any skill you cant just take it out the box and off it goes, they have drone racing world cups etc.

    its a bit like saying a hacker isn't really into computers
    No, it's not like that at all, I wouldn't consider myself a 'techy' at all, yet I love having a go on drones, they are really not that hard to control, of course you can be 'really good' at it, but I don't think you'd need exceptional skills to buzz around Gatwick.

    This would have taken someone (or several people) with money and time to plan.
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  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,219
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    20,000 passengers disrupted. Aircraft diverted to Paris, Amsterdam and other UK airports.

    The authorities have been aware of the potential for this for a few years and yet no detailed contingency plan was in place. No police or Armed Forces marksmen brought in to “take out” the offending drones and now nearly 14 hours after the drones appeared the situation persists.

    All the Commander of Gatwick Airport Police could offer was that he has 20 units whatever that means out trying to find the perpetrators.

    Can you imagine this situation being allowed to continue in the USA or in France for example ?

    You couldn’t make it up.

    It’s odd that Gatwick had nothing in place for this type of event. Having been behind the scenes of Heathrow, I’m aware they have contingency plans set up for most situations you could imagine.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    bobmunro said:

    This seems to be an organised attempt at creating mass disruption at our second biggest airport as it approaches probably one of the busiest periods of the year for air travel.

    I doubt it is one person thinking they want to have some fun.

    could be a protest, someone like greenpeace for example
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    edited December 2018



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=4FAVU9Rxbw8
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    If you do something as a protest, you have to let people know who you are.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    palarsehater said:

    bobmunro said:

    This seems to be an organised attempt at creating mass disruption at our second biggest airport as it approaches probably one of the busiest periods of the year for air travel.

    I doubt it is one person thinking they want to have some fun.

    could be a protest, someone like greenpeace for example
    Possibly - I could think of quite a few possible candidates but that would just be conjecture. Although thinking about it, as it's been going on for over 12 hours a claim by an organised grouping would likely have been made by now.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    palarsehater said:

    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    palarsehater said:

    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    palarsehater said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    When they catch these people they should be given as harsh a punishment as possible. I mean, vital organs for operations can be flown in to Airports too. I would give them 10 years.

    10 years fuck that wouldn't waste a cell on them, these tech types have 0 common sense.
    You know this is caused by a tech type, how exactly?

    Anyone with the money can go buy and fly drones, it's not rocket science.
    to be into flying drones you have to be of a technical mind, akin to people that play with train sets, not my bag.

    also to fly them with any skill you cant just take it out the box and off it goes, they have drone racing world cups etc.

    its a bit like saying a hacker isn't really into computers
    No, it's not like that at all, I wouldn't consider myself a 'techy' at all, yet I love having a go on drones, they are really not that hard to control, of course you can be 'really good' at it, but I don't think you'd need exceptional skills to buzz around Gatwick.

    This would have taken someone (or several people) with money and time to plan.
    okay to be into this sort of thing of delaying people you are a technically minded and also some sort of cunt, i know recently on an episode of dragons den there was a guy who created a licensed drone user base, so there must be some sort of skill involved - joe bloggs could not buy a few drones and cause havoc with them.
    On your second point we agree, certainly takes a special type of see you next Tuesday.

    However, I still believe anyone of reasonable intelligence could pull this off if they were willing to put in enough money and time. They're drones, not planes. I also doubt this is the work of one person.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    I was looking at some drones in a technology shop this week. I was surprised at the height and flying time allowed by some of the most expensive models. Advanced technology is getting cheaper all the time, unfortunately so is the potential for bad people to misuse it in all sorts of ways
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    what was the flight time and range?
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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    20,000 passengers disrupted. Aircraft diverted to Paris, Amsterdam and other UK airports.

    The authorities have been aware of the potential for this for a few years and yet no detailed contingency plan was in place. No police or Armed Forces marksmen brought in to “take out” the offending drones and now nearly 14 hours after the drones appeared the situation persists.

    All the Commander of Gatwick Airport Police could offer was that he has 20 units whatever that means out trying to find the perpetrators.

    Can you imagine this situation being allowed to continue in the USA or in France for example ?

    You couldn’t make it up.

    So a toy can bring one airport to a grinding halt.

    We are SO ready for Brexit.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078H7CZ3G/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B078H7CZ3G&pd_rd_w=zWzIq&pf_rd_p=21517efd-b385-405b-a405-9a37af61b5b4&pd_rd_wg=Trmgc&pf_rd_r=Z0Q17XTZ7M96XPJFGFRT&pd_rd_r=e15b957b-0449-11e9-a31e-7f34122bc55b


    25mins for less than the price of dinner at a fancy restaurant.
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,410
    edited December 2018
    Fiiish said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    20,000 passengers disrupted. Aircraft diverted to Paris, Amsterdam and other UK airports.

    The authorities have been aware of the potential for this for a few years and yet no detailed contingency plan was in place. No police or Armed Forces marksmen brought in to “take out” the offending drones and now nearly 14 hours after the drones appeared the situation persists.

    All the Commander of Gatwick Airport Police could offer was that he has 20 units whatever that means out trying to find the perpetrators.

    Can you imagine this situation being allowed to continue in the USA or in France for example ?

    You couldn’t make it up.

    So a toy can bring one airport to a grinding halt.

    We are SO ready for Brexit.
    Fuck me you can link anything to brexit these days... zzzzzzzz even if its a joke :smile:
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    edited December 2018
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    what was the flight time and range?

    .. a couple of vids about drones costing around £300-500 .. Parrot is a French tech company

    https://youtu.be/KftVskurq7M
    https://youtu.be/vQFVQg-PXtg
    https://youtu.be/PkIPFJwAWxw
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,312
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078H7CZ3G/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B078H7CZ3G&pd_rd_w=zWzIq&pf_rd_p=21517efd-b385-405b-a405-9a37af61b5b4&pd_rd_wg=Trmgc&pf_rd_r=Z0Q17XTZ7M96XPJFGFRT&pd_rd_r=e15b957b-0449-11e9-a31e-7f34122bc55b

    25mins for less than the price of dinner at a fancy restaurant.

    25mins of fun with a Drone yet a lifetime of agro from the missus for not being taken to a fancy dinner
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    Probably the vegans at it again
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    The yanks love their high powered spud guns, get one of those to knock the fuckers out the sky.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    I'm just thankful I collected @Len\'s_little_girl on Tuesday night from Gatwick as she decided to stick with her original booking. She nearly changed her flight to last night as she had meetings which meant getting to the airport to catch her Tuesday flight was potentially tight.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Might have been better involving the military - in fact letting them lead on this rather than the Police.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    edited December 2018
    i think the reason for not shooting it down is #dronelivesmatter

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