Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
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Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#2So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#3So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
No one should be able to fly a drone anywhere near an airport. If the law doesn't exist it should anyway. This also isn't the first time this has happened / been claimed to happen.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#4So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
That's more conspiracy theorist, than cynic.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#5So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
That's more conspiracy theorist, than cynic.
That's one explanation, but I don't believe in stuff, so it doesn't apply. I've seen time and again how opinions are made via complicated and hidden propaganda. Most of it is subtle and not in your face and the world trained me to be a skeptic, is all.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#6So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
No one should be able to fly a drone anywhere near an airport. If the law doesn't exist it should anyway. This also isn't the first time this has happened / been claimed to happen.
My objection is that the first explanation was that it's a drone. It's fear mongering, like accusing citizens from a specific settlement as likely perpetrators.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#7So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
No one should be able to fly a drone anywhere near an airport. If the law doesn't exist it should anyway. This also isn't the first time this has happened / been claimed to happen.
What if they have clearance from the airport and/or control tower?
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#8So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
No one should be able to fly a drone anywhere near an airport. If the law doesn't exist it should anyway. This also isn't the first time this has happened / been claimed to happen.
The problem I see in The Netherlands is that rules prohibit flying close the airports already for a very long time. People violate those rules. New regulation is introduced to make the rules more strict.
It doesn't affect me personally at the moment, but many other types of model flying become very hard. And the people violating the rules, mostly don't know them anyhow, so keep violating the rules.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#9So, if it was confirmed this wasn't a drone, why is the BBC still including a list of drone near-misses? Do they still believe they have a point to make, or are they just making excuses?
Furthermore, the other drone incidents involve airplanes at 2000, 2800 and 4000 feet. Those are not hobby drones. Only one of those listed might have been an amateur drone, at 30ft.
Re: Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
#10So, will the truth be known widely or will the broader population remember only the drone accusation? Cynic in me thinks this was deliberately suggested to make passing some drone laws easier.
Came here to say pretty much the same thing. It's a familiar old pattern:
1: "Thing" is developed which enjoys benign use amongst small subset of geeks
2: Military discover "Thing" and develop a way to use it for evil and/or killing
3: "Thing" gains in popularity amongst general public
4: Government says. "General public can't be trusted with "Thing". Thing is capable of doing evil and/or killing people!"
5: News stories start appearing: ""Thing" could be used by 'Terrists' and 'Paedos', warns expert"
6: "Thing" restricted or outlawed —in response to "public concerns"
Rinse and repeat...