Gatwick Drones

[shmmeee]

What's the maximum prison sentence for something like this? I guess it is going to be a civil loss of earnings court case that is going to rock their world?

5 years apparently.

Got to catch him first.

 

[Nick]

must have a load of drones/charged packs waiting to keep it up that long.

Where can you buy these? Asking for a mate.

 

[Nick]

5 years apparently.

Got to catch him first.

So would do two and a half.

Would think he would be sued for damages which is going to potentially ruin a life for good with that amount of money.

 

[clint van damme]

That’s pure bollocks. I can buy non geofenced drones off amazon right now and could build one before it arrived anyway. Most off the shelf drones don’t even have GPS (though not sure if this has been sighted as a professional >1.5kg quad or not which do have GPS, but older ones often don’t)

Agree it’s pre planned though. Flight time is usually around an hour max so they must have a load of drones/charged packs waiting to keep it up that long.

Are you Michael Gove?!

 

[Sick Boy]

I've seen pics of armed police near the runway now

 

[Nick]

Are you Michael Gove?!

And do they have HD cameras on them?

 

[shmmeee]

So would do two and a half.

Would think he would be sued for damages which is going to potentially ruin a life for good with that amount of money.

Dollars to doughnuts it’s a teenager (or a few). I bet they’re either never caught or let off leniently.

I’d be more worried about copycats TBH. Such an easy thing to do and it’s now shown how hard it is to catch. I got to say if I was 15 I’d be heading to Birmingham International for shits and giggles.

 

[shmmeee]

Are you Michael Gove?!

Not last time I checked. Just used to hang out with drone pilots a lot.

 

[Nick]

Dollars to doughnuts it’s a teenager (or a few). I bet they’re either never caught or let off leniently.

I’d be more worried about copycats TBH. Such an easy thing to do and it’s now shown how hard it is to catch. I got to say if I was 15 I’d be heading to Birmingham International for shits and giggles.

That's the thing, not so much copycats who want to piss about. People who have more drastic things in mind than being a nuisance for a laugh.

What happens if they were to be waiting for a plane to be taken off and just kamikaze a drone into it?

 

[shmmeee]

That's the thing, not so much copycats who want to piss about. People who have more drastic things in mind than being a nuisance for a laugh.

What happens if they were to be waiting for a plane to be taken off and just kamikaze a drone into it?

Said to a guy at work, ISIS must be kicking themselves seeing the chaos this has caused compared to your average twat with a machete.

 

[Otis]

What's the maximum prison sentence for something like this? I guess it is going to be a civil loss of earnings court case that is going to rock their world?

I think you just get your wings clipped.

 

[Mcbean]

They might have some homemade stuff on them too.

Well the fireworks would be impressive

 

[chiefdave]

That’s pure bollocks. I can buy non geofenced drones off amazon right now and could build one before it arrived anyway. Most off the shelf drones don’t even have GPS (though not sure if this has been sighted as a professional >1.5kg quad or not which do have GPS, but older ones often don’t)

Agree it’s pre planned though. Flight time is usually around an hour max so they must have a load of drones/charged packs waiting to keep it up that long.

I think we have a suspect!

 

[Liquid Gold]

Apparently IT systems are starting to crash at Heathrow.

 

[Otis]

Apparently IT systems are starting to crash at Heathrow.

 

[Marty]

Apparently IT systems are starting to crash at Heathrow.

Does this mean things like the internet or stuff like Air traffic control/booking desks kinda things?

 

[Nick]

Apparently IT systems are starting to crash at Heathrow.

Russians.

 

[Westendlad]

Russians.

Overloaded more like.....Russians Nick ?.......Hope mrs Otis is on the way to kick you in the bollocks..Ha

 

[Captain Dart]

Bandits at 12 o'clock.

 

[Nick]

Might be my eyes but can't see anything?

 

[Westendlad]

Bandits at 12 o'clock.

Bit rapid for a drone isn't it ?

 

[Marty]

Bandits at 12 o'clock.

Fuck me, what a bunch of useless cunts in charge of this country. Probably too scared to knock it out of the sky in case someones feelings get hurt in the process.

 

[Westendlad]

Just read on the news German airports are on high alert.........Not drones tho...

 

[Westendlad]

Fuck me, what a bunch of useless cunts in charge of this country. Probably too scared to knock it out of the sky in case someones feelings get hurt in the process.

Or being sued for wrecking their toy...

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I think there’s a bitcmore to this than kids pissing around.

 

[Westendlad]

I think there’s a bitcmore to this than kids pissing around.

Yep, lets hope its just the unwashed knobheads protesting other than the scum planning an attack.

 

[Macca]

This is all very strange indeed

 

[Nick]

They are still flying about. Not going to snipe them down in the dark.

 

[xcraigx]

I'm not usually one for conspiracy theories but I see German and French airports are now under alert after a credible terrorist threat. I wonder if Gatwick is also a potential target and all this drone nonsense is just a way of getting planes out of the sky whilst the threat is contained whilst causing only disruption rather than panic? It just seems so far fetched that a drone can cause so much of a headache for so long. Spotters would surely have been able to track its origin and have the matter resolved by now.

 

[chiefdave]

Something doesn't quite add up about this. No way is it kids pissing about.

The news coverage is weird as well, like there's something they've been told not to say. Only one conclusion.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

I’ve only seen one video of it as well.

In this day and age somebody would have snap chatted a video of them riding the thing by now!

 

[chiefdave]

I’ve only seen one video of it as well.

In this day and age somebody would have snap chatted a video of them riding the thing by now!

Doesn't add up does it? Nothing happens without it being all over social media these days yet you can have a drone flying around all day keeping an airport closed and there's nothing.

 

[Otis]

I blame Muse.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Doesn't add up does it? Nothing happens without it being all over social media these days yet you can have a drone flying around all day keeping an airport closed and there's nothing.

The conspiracy theories on twitter are worth checking out!

 

[Nick]

The conspiracy theories on twitter are worth checking out!

What are some of them saying?