Topic: Gatwick Chaos due to Drones

[Red-Soldier]

Maybe there was a bit of dirt on the windscreen of a plane.

[Trada]

But what was that footage they kept showing of a drone?

[redbyrdz]

Think it was the bbc...

Doesnt mean it’s anything to do with the drones that might have been spooking Gatwick mind you..

Edit:  here you go.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46665615

Sound, was just wondering if it'd been a rumour from twitter or the like.

Still seems bizarre that they talk about 50 sightings, and then say "maybe there never was one".

[Trada]

Its all turning into a conspiracy theorists wet dream.


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[BlackandWhitePaul]

Evening Standard: Gatwick drone latest: Police say it is 'a possibility there was never a drone'.

Laughable.

[Trada]

[ShakaHislop]

Mail on Sunday, 23rd of December 2018



Daily Mail, 24th of December 2018



Spot the difference.

[jason67]

Same can't be said abar the drones.

 

Nick would have been proud of that one Chops...

[No666]

Mail on Sunday, 23rd of December 2018



Daily Mail, 24th of December 2018



Spot the difference.

You're seeing the two different editors there -- Ted Verity, Mail on Sunday, one of Paul Dacre's acolytes; Geordie Greig, Daily Mail, brought into the fold after Lady Rothermere met him on the London social scene and warmed to his weird sycophantic style. (He doesn't turn it on for anyone lower on the social scale, believe me.) Lady R was embarrassed by Dacre and her friends' reaction to his Mail antics, and eventually she won the war.

[BOBSCOUSE]

Funny, you could reverse those two headlines and they'd work much better.

[stoa]

Why is the queen clueless?

[Jiminy Cricket]

Funny, you could reverse those two headlines and they'd work much better.

Why is the queen clueless?

A joke, perhaps?

[rob1966]

So, do we now ban imaginary drones?

[So… Howard Philips]

So, do we now ban imaginary drones?

No. Only the 92 real ones which caused near misses in 2017.

And maybe if Grayling got off his arse the risks would be minimised.

[N0rnIr0nRed]

Russia...

[Andy82lfc]

So, do we now ban imaginary drones?

No, what we do to stop the people flying them illegally is make them illegal zones even biglier and restrict the exemption areas which people are flying in illegally already. That'll teach them! It'll be the most biggest illegal zone, they'll have to think twice before illegally flying them again as it'll be illegal now so they won't dare.

[thejbs]

Why is the queen clueless?

Because she's led a sheltered and privileged life with an education that focused more on how to act as a monarch than how to act like a human being.

But that's not important right now, back to the drones.

[ShakaHislop]

A suggestion by a senior Sussex police officer that there may have been no drones was later dismissed as a "miscommunication".

Mr York said police received 115 reports of sightings, including 92 confirmed as coming from "credible people".

However, he admitted that police drones launched to investigate could have caused "some level of confusion".

Mr York revealed two drones found by police near the airport had now been ruled out of causing the disruption, which saw flights cancelled or diverted.

Despite searches of 26 potential sites, he said: "I don't think we have found the drone responsible."

However, he said he was "absolutely certain that there was a drone flying throughout the period that the airport was closed".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46709353

So it's possible the only drones involved were police ones that were searching for themselves?

[paulrazor]

https://www.thejournal.ie/gatwick-couple-drone-2-4413494-Dec2018/ regarding the daily fail here that is an absolute disgrace

put them up to be shot at and then they are found innocent

they practically hung them out to dry here

they should sue

[Lush is the best medicine...]

And now Heathrow has this problem, thank god we have Chris Grayling who will sort this all out

[Elmo!]

And now Heathrow has this problem, thank god we have Chris Grayling who will sort this all out

FFS I'm flying through Heathrow on Thursday, wouldn't surprise me if it was still going on then.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

FFS I'm flying through Heathrow on Thursday, wouldn't surprise me if it was still going on then.

i am next week from the states, expecting this shit to continue then

[TepidT2O]

Excellent news.  Will keep things quiet tonight.

[rob1966]

Excellent news.  Will keep things quiet tonight.

They are still landing, which flightpath are you on?

[TepidT2O]

They are still landing, which flightpath are you on?

Bollocks.  That’s killed me.

[rob1966]

Bollocks.  That’s killed me.

When I first started in IT in 2001, I had to do a week at Computer Associates in Slough. Got put in a hotel in Datchet, fucking hell, trying to get asleep with 747 after 747 taking off was a nightmare. Ended up moving to another hotel in Becconsfield.

[TepidT2O]

Yeah I’m not far from datchet

[west_london_red]

You softies! Lived a mile away from the airport directly under the Heathrow flight path (close enough that planes would even rip tiles from our roof!) for 35 years and never lost a nights sleep because of the noise. It’s amazing what you can be acclimatised to.

[I've been a good boy]

Coming soon to Manchester: THE DRONE. Directed by Theresa May.

[Andy82lfc]

Who would have thought plans to make drone usage even more illegal to stop people who illegally fly them hasn't stopped people illegally flying them. I'm shocked to my very core.

We should make them even more illegal now. Saying that by the looks of the Gatwick mess all you need to do to shut it down is call in a sightings of one. Literally no one can prove you are not seeing it until they get there.... hmmmm...... What airport are city flying out of for their next away match? 

[Mutton Geoff]

You softies! Lived a mile away from the airport directly under the Heathrow flight path (close enough that planes would even rip tiles from our roof!) for 35 years and never lost a nights sleep because of the noise. It’s amazing what you can be acclimatised to.

My future wife lived in Bedfont in the seventies in a tower block double glazing was good though, and yes you do get used to planes flying around all the time .

[paulrazor]

stayed near Gatwick a few times and didnt find planes a problem

when i wanted a kip i just fired a drone up in the air. peace and quiet for the rest of the night then

[rafathegaffa83]

Canada is developing laws to be in effect this summer requiring drone users to register their devices and take some basic online training. There will also be regulations on where and when they can be used
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drones-aviation-garneau-regulations-1.4970750

[Red-Soldier]

Drone registration made compulsory as UK scheme launches

Users must sit online test and pay annual fee of £9 to join register or face £1,000 fine

Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a £9 annual fee or face a £1,000 fine after the launch of a mandatory national registration scheme on Tuesday.

Owners are obliged to identify and label all drones by 30 November, and operators must pass a test about legal and safe usage before they can fly them.

The Civil Aviation Authority estimates that about 130,000 people will have to pay and register by the end of the month.

All drones weighing more than 250g, which encompasses virtually all but the smallest toys, must be registered and labelled with a unique licence number. This means they will have to be grounded to identify their owners, but in future it could be done remotely or while drones are in the air. Some models already have transmitters that would enable that.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/05/drone-registration-made-compulsory-as-uk-scheme-launches

[classycarra]

No plan to compel any of the 130,000 people (assuming it's more drones than that, considering the wording) to register - another hilarious attempt at regulation from this incompetent government

[CraigDS]

No plan to compel any of the 130,000 people (assuming it's more drones than that, considering the wording) to register - another hilarious attempt at regulation from this incompetent government

It’s a mandatory requirement with a fine if you do not do so and are caught.

Not sure how else you’d compel unknown owners to register them other than that.

[Nobby Reserve]

Drone registration made compulsory as UK scheme launches

Users must sit online test and pay annual fee of £9 to join register or face £1,000 fine

Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a £9 annual fee or face a £1,000 fine after the launch of a mandatory national registration scheme on Tuesday.

Owners are obliged to identify and label all drones by 30 November, and operators must pass a test about legal and safe usage before they can fly them.

The Civil Aviation Authority estimates that about 130,000 people will have to pay and register by the end of the month.

All drones weighing more than 250g, which encompasses virtually all but the smallest toys, must be registered and labelled with a unique licence number. This means they will have to be grounded to identify their owners, but in future it could be done remotely or while drones are in the air. Some models already have transmitters that would enable that.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/05/drone-registration-made-compulsory-as-uk-scheme-launches

I'm not particularly animated about this and don't have a drone, but I think this is another case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; more nanny-statism.

[Nobby Reserve]

I'm not particularly animated about this and don't have a drone, but I think this is another case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; more nanny-statism.

I'll add that if the aim is to eradicate the possibility of people using them to cause trouble or disruption, then it simply won't work. Those intent on using them maliciously simply won't register.

[CraigDS]

I'll add that if the aim is to eradicate the possibility of people using them to cause trouble or disruption, then it simply won't work. Those intent on using them maliciously simply won't register.

I’m assuming all drones purchased from now on will require registering at point of purchase (so ID provided, etc) - so should hopefully make it somewhat harder to use them to cause trouble / disruption.

[rafathegaffa83]

It’s a mandatory requirement with a fine if you do not do so and are caught.

Not sure how else you’d compel unknown owners to register them other than that.

The Canadian governmemt introduced a similar scheme last year, which became effective a few months ago