Reckless Punter, Freak Accident or ISIS Testing?

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Investigations launched after suspected drone strikes passenger jet in London
CNN - ‎5 hours ago‎



London (CNN) British police and government aviation investigators have launched inquiries after a passenger jet was struck by what was believed to be a drone as it approached a London airport Sunday.

Intentional or stupidity?

 

[Hard_Rom]

Intentional by a reckless punter.

Lots of people seem to like flying drones near airports. Just like they like to shine laser pointers at jets regularly.

 

[Hypoxia]

The technology is invidious and irresistible. As higher-performance drones get cheaper and cheaper, I predict an epidemic of plane downings. And then the countermeasures: airports ringed with radar-driven laser arrays burning from the sky all unauthorized flying objects including pigeons, stray balloons (whether or not they contain powdered plutonium), stray kites, and space debris. And drones. Hopefully.

Lots of people seem to like flying drones near airports. Just like they like to shine laser pointers at jets regularly.

Just wait till the hardcore put lasers on their drones and fire at airliners from a safe remove. I predict the emergence of an underground market in cheap digital targeting circuits for drone ops. The world is doomed. Send me all your money.

 

[phrodeau]

I have the solution. We build a wall around every airport.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

I have the solution. We build a wall around every airport.

Don't they already have one? I mean if it wasn't you could just walk your dog inside a runaway and get sucked into the turbines. On a serious note, the wall won't work anyways cause drones will learn the art of bribing with.... tacos.

 

[Aglaopheme]

I have the solution. We build a wall around every airport.

But who is going to pay for it? That is the question.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I have the solution. We build a wall around every airport.

According to the link in the OP, the aircraft struck by the drone was at an altitude of 1,700 feet.

That's going to be one mother fucking wall.

 

[Hypoxia]

Solution: Replace all airplanes with a high-speed ground or subway transit system.

Oh, but then terrorist wankers will dump stuff on the roadways.

Solution: Kill everyone, let Kali sort them out.

It's good to be Kali.

 

[oggbashan]

Some of the drones on sale in the UK have an altitude limit of 20,000 feet.

 

[Lancecastor]

Some of the drones on sale in the UK have an altitude limit of 20,000 feet.

That's awesome.

I had a gas powered Sopwith Camel on strings.

Dizzy. Prop hitting finger. Fuel smell. That sound!

 

[Mr Noone]

Solution: Replace all airplanes with a high-speed ground or subway transit system...

I'm not sure how I'd feel about a transatlantic subway.

 

[Lancecastor]

I'm not sure how I'd feel about a transatlantic subway.

Yet we feel perfectly safe boarding heavier than air firebombs.

Answer: stewardesses.

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[Five_Inch_Heels]

Answer: stewardesses.

Will they escort you into the Mile Beneath Club?

 

[Lancecastor]

Will they escort you into the Mile Beneath Club?

Fuck yeah! You'd ride that train.

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[RobDownSouth]

That's awesome.

I had a gas powered Sopwith Camel on strings.

Dizzy. Prop hitting finger. Fuel smell. That sound!

Did it come with a little plastic Snoopy on top?

 

[Lancecastor]

Did it come with a little plastic Snoopy on top?

Nope.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTMxNFgxNjAw/z/8yAAAOSwyTZUYUL9/$_1.JPG

 

[richard_daily]

I have the solution. We build a wall around every airport.

Make ISIS pay for it!

 

[Lancecastor]

It's been done.


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[Five_Inch_Heels]

Does anybody remember the gizmos in 'Batteries Not Included'? Didn't some of them have some sort of laser?

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