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Drone missed Heathrow-bound 787's engine by 10ft
UK investigators have disclosed that an unmanned aerial vehicle was flown within 10ft of a Boeing 787 on approach to London Heathrow. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Excellent argument Kenneth. You are right because these people don't believe that their irresponsibility has no consequences for other innocent partys. This wouldn't hurt a soul crowd. Or I really didn't mean to kill all those people, I mean look how small the hoverdraft is. Who would imagine this could bring an aircraft down. Remember what geese did to that US Airways A-320. There are no good excuses for this situation.
Clearly the Regulators of all things that fly must pass on directives where and how these aerial vehicles must be licensed and banned from operating near all busy International Airports. A collision would be catastrophic. Remember what geese did to Captain Sullenbergers A-320.
Laws already exist. The issue is how do they police the laws.
We need law police to police the laws. Lol
Force them to use a specially coded transponder to enable ATC to keep track of these hovercraft near busy International Airports and give a provided warning when necessary.
Well unfortunately, nothing was really put in place as to how it can be prevented in the first place, nor is there much of anything about actually carrying out policing of such.
Of course there is the huge question as to how they identified it was a drone in the first place.I have a hard job identifying aircraft seperated by 1000 foot levels when they are nose to nose at cruising speeds.
Was it a drone or a bird?
Was it a drone or a bird?
In addition, I believe that all drones which can attain 200 feet or better, should be registered, and small transponders installed on the device ( am not sure the power consumption involved to give other aircraft sufficient warning).
Then again, there is a growing segment of Society which thinks their actions have no consequences, that the rules are for everyone else. Repeatedly, we hear the mantra of that segment, "I am not hurting anyone".