Gatwick closed by drones
Discussion
Rich_W said:
pingu393 said:
Not true. PIRA wanted to create mayhem and inconvenience. Death and injury on the mainland, in most cases, were collateral damage.
I spent several years parking my car half on the kerb, not washing it and walking up to it from a distance so that I could see underneath, but I never thought about never using it. Life must go on, but you need to adapt to the threat.
Gatwick bosses did the right thing. Both sides learn things every time there is an incident like this.
What was your job? Army?I spent several years parking my car half on the kerb, not washing it and walking up to it from a distance so that I could see underneath, but I never thought about never using it. Life must go on, but you need to adapt to the threat.
Gatwick bosses did the right thing. Both sides learn things every time there is an incident like this.
Probably a <0.01% chance of being targetted, but I tried to make it a <0.001% chance.
It just became the natural thing to do. No different from locking the door when you leave the house.
Oakey said:
Correct on the first one, the second was in Lytham
Hmmm. I mistook the domed building to be the Salvation Army place on Church Street/Raines Parade, but I’m absolutely stumped where in Lytham it is! Go on, give me another clue (is it actually “Lytham”, or “Lytham St Anne’s”?).Biker 1 said:
Leonard Stanley said:
We are the best in the world - top of the tree - at embarrassing cock ups.
Utterly laughable.
Sadly, this is quite true & seems to be getting worse......Utterly laughable.
Drone or no drone - what a shambles.
Other countries have a bit more to worry about than an airport getting shut for a couple of days and they don’t go around all embarrassed about themselves.
Italy managed to let a massive bridge collapse this year.
The centre of Paris is getting trashed every Saturday.
Etc, etc.
Gareth79 said:
A couple of years ago my then-girlfriend worked at a large department store in Guildford and mentioned they were annoyed because their work was disrupted by a "find the bomb" exercise. My eyebrows raised and she mentioned it was just a thing they did every now and then. Apparently at random they would be told to find the "bomb" which was a tennis ball hidden somewhere in the department, and they had to search and find it while appearing to carry on as normal.
I called the head office and managed to speak to somebody quite high up and at first they said it was a team-building exercise and harmless, but eventually after I explained a few scenarios he realised it was in fact a truly terrible idea on multiple levels and said he'd had it reviewed!
I called the head office and managed to speak to somebody quite high up and at first they said it was a team-building exercise and harmless, but eventually after I explained a few scenarios he realised it was in fact a truly terrible idea on multiple levels and said he'd had it reviewed!
Shocking she became an ex-girlfriend. Shocking.
iphonedyou said:
Gareth79 said:
A couple of years ago my then-girlfriend worked at a large department store in Guildford and mentioned they were annoyed because their work was disrupted by a "find the bomb" exercise. My eyebrows raised and she mentioned it was just a thing they did every now and then. Apparently at random they would be told to find the "bomb" which was a tennis ball hidden somewhere in the department, and they had to search and find it while appearing to carry on as normal.
I called the head office and managed to speak to somebody quite high up and at first they said it was a team-building exercise and harmless, but eventually after I explained a few scenarios he realised it was in fact a truly terrible idea on multiple levels and said he'd had it reviewed!
I called the head office and managed to speak to somebody quite high up and at first they said it was a team-building exercise and harmless, but eventually after I explained a few scenarios he realised it was in fact a truly terrible idea on multiple levels and said he'd had it reviewed!
Shocking she became an ex-girlfriend. Shocking.
This chap doesn't seem to have worked out that the point of the drone is you don't have to get up high yourself 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
RizzoTheRat said:
This chap doesn't seem to have worked out that the point of the drone is you don't have to get up high yourself
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
Somebody like this who climbs towers then takes pictures and video of them at the top.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
https://youtu.be/s4w5qXYdwo4
RizzoTheRat said:
This chap doesn't seem to have worked out that the point of the drone is you don't have to get up high yourself
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
No photos of it didn’t happen!https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-4672...
CoolHands said:
Fingerprints on drone unknown, say police. So there is a drone. Look forward to tk4c’s apology!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6536567/F...
What proof is there that the drone found is the one, or one of the ones uses in the alleged attack? Finding a drone is not evidence in itself that anything happened. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6536567/F...
craigjm said:
What proof is there that the drone found is the one, or one of the ones uses in the alleged attack? Finding a drone is not evidence in itself that anything happened.
Especially this time of year when all the local Facebook groups are full of pleas from former drone owners who didn't have the best first flight with their new Christmas toy. thetapeworm said:
craigjm said:
What proof is there that the drone found is the one, or one of the ones uses in the alleged attack? Finding a drone is not evidence in itself that anything happened.
Especially this time of year when all the local Facebook groups are full of pleas from former drone owners who didn't have the best first flight with their new Christmas toy. Dibble said:
Oakey said:
Dibble said:
Stanley Park Lake and Raikes Parade, respectively?
Correct on the first one, the second was in LythamLooking on Google maps it seems you're right
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