Looks likes arrests have been made - local couple from Crawley. If it is then, let’s hope they throw the book at them and that the airlines and insurance companies go after them for damages and bankrupt the idiots.
they should certainly serve some time in the nick
they should find the fella who threw it and employ him at Gatwick, stock up with rolls from Costco job doneHit it with a bog roll, very effective!
I see the suspects where all over the front pages being crucified today. And then released a short while ago as they are no longer suspects. Better than winning the lottery.
I assume they've thought of that, it's unlikely the big commercial drones would ever be used like this so I suppose they're testing out on DJI sized productsGreat idea until they (the raptors) lose a foot. As ever, not quite as simple as some media sites would have you believe.
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I saw it on one of the news bulletins this week BBC I think , personally with brexit looming I think the answer is radio controlled Spitfires that play the Battle of Britain theme tune fitted with air powered machine gunsNo they actually abandoned the idea as too expensive and complex:
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After more than a year, the police stop using birds of prey to intercept unwanted drones. The demand for anti-drone birds does not appear to be so great and the training of the animals is more expensive and complex than expected, says the police.
Last year, the police bought chicks of sea eagles and trained them as drone interceptors . This had already been started with the training of special bird guides.
Risks came to light in practice. For example, the birds would not always do what they were trained for and therefore the police doubt whether the birds will perform well outside the controlled training environment. The birds have been present during the past year at events in Rotterdam and Brussels, but they have not acted.
The Netherlands is the first country in the world that wanted to prevent attacks and accidents with drones in this way. The police are now looking for other ways to intercept unwanted drones.
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If anyone wants some of the actual reasons why very few of the suggestions are actually practical or sensible, there's a reasonable article here:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/gatwick_drone_non_shootdown_reasons/
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I saw it on one of the news bulletins this week BBC I think , personally with brexit looming I think the answer is radio controlled Spitfires that play the Battle of Britain theme tune fitted with air powered machine guns
Why not a little drone on drone action? How hard can that be?
Sacrificial drone. Quick collision, both fall from the sky. Job done.Sensible answer is 'quite hard' What do you shoot them with? Assuming you shoot them at all. If you do you *will* miss, so where does the bullet(s) land. And even when you don't where do the bits land. Most of the same arguments against shooting them down from the ground.
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