Drone hit British Airways plane near Heathrow Airport

A plane approaching Heathrow Airport is believed to have hit a drone before it landed safely, the Metropolitan Police has said.
The British Airways flight from Geneva was hit as it approached the London airport at about 12:50 BST with 132 passengers and five crew on board.
After landing, the pilot reported an object - believed to be a drone - had struck the front of the Airbus A320.

Source: BBC news http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

A real sign of the times? Hope they caught whoever the idiot thought it would be a good idea to fly a drone anywhere near Heathrow.

Should drones be registered and licenses held?

Gatling

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Should drones be registered and licenses held?

They already do once their over a certain weight, we're actually ahead when it comes to drone legislation

timthumbni

Deleted User wrote: »

Source: BBC news http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

A real sign of the times? Hope they caught whoever the idiot thought it would be a good idea to fly a drone anywhere near Heathrow.

Should drones be registered and licenses held?

Those stupid drones should be banned. Signed., Darth Vader.

If a drone can cause that, a worker could take out a Cessna and a queen could drop a jumbo...

Spanish Eyes

Need to invent drone alerts, just like the anti collision devices on planes.

Surely someone has thought of that by now.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Gatling wrote: »

They already do once their over a certain weight, we're actually ahead when it comes to drone legislation

Don't you mean they should be punched out of the air and banned?.. :pac:

Shannon757

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Need to invent drone alerts, just like the anti collision devices on planes.

Surely someone has thought of that by now.

You would need an anti collision device on the drone as well.

Shannon757

Thread in Aviation & Aircraft:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057586550

Spanish Eyes

Shannon757 wrote: »

You would need an anti collision device on the drone as well.

So make that mandatory too. Don't know the costs or feasibility, but if people are interested in using drones for good purposes they will pay.

There is also a terrorism aspect to this, as I'm sure most will have figured out.

Shannon757

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

So make that mandatory too. Don't know the costs or feasibility, but if people are interested in using drones for good purposes they will pay.

There is also a terrorism aspect to this, as I'm sure most will have figured out.

That's fine on professional drones such as a dji phantom, but for example I have a €80 drone that can fly a few hundred feet up, so if I went to an airport I could easily hit a plane. And that drone is light small and doesn't have to be registered. What do you do then?

Gatling

Korbin Fierce Knickers wrote: »

Don't you mean they should be punched out of the air and banned?.. :pac:

Absolutely taken down and pounded

Mint Sauce

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Source: BBC news http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

A real sign of the times? Hope they caught whoever the idiot thought it would be a good idea to fly a drone anywhere near Heathrow.

Should drones be registered and licenses held?

Already are once over a certain size/weight. Also not allowed to fly them without permission near built up areas, or Airports.

Anyone who flys these near airports, or use them lazer pens under flight paths should face the stiffest of penalties.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If a drone can cause that, a worker could take out a Cessna and a queen could drop a jumbo...

Can cause what? I highly doubt a pilot would make a false claim about it and given that the plane was on it's approach then it might be plausible.

Esel

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Can cause what? I highly doubt a pilot would make a false claim about it and given that the plane was on it's approach then it might be plausible.

Whoosh...

Mint Sauce

Esel wrote: »

Whoosh...

Tbh, it wasn't till your 'Whoosh' that I got it.

Esel

Esel wrote: »

Whoosh...

It's a fair question.

I was referring to the proletariat, who hate the champagne Charlie lifestyles of those with Cessnas, and HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

Firefox11

It's idiots like this that fly near airports/built up areas that are going to ruin the hobby for everybody.

Panthro

Hah! Shyts gone and hit the fan for some poor aul fcuking ejit!

Spanish Eyes

Shannon757 wrote: »

That's fine on professional drones such as a dji phantom, but for example I have a €80 drone that can fly a few hundred feet up, so if I went to an airport I could easily hit a plane. And that drone is light small and doesn't have to be registered. What do you do then?

Yes I know. But maybe given the potential for even the small ones to cause damage/death/destruction (drama or what!) they should all be registered.

Isn't that a simple solution? All registered.

I know there is always the potential for criminal/off regulation activity, but in general.

This seems to be too dangerous for small drones to be off record really.

Richard Hillman

No need for a perspective terrorist to get his hands on an RPG to take down a plane anymore. All they need now is a drone and attach some pouches of flamible liquid. It will be sucked into the front jet engine and kablam.

gozunda

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If a drone can cause that, a worker could take out a Cessna and a queen could drop a jumbo...

Ah it all makes sense now

http://barnsleybeekeepers.org.uk/wpimages/wpfb8c800b_06.png

fryup

it was going to happen sooner or later

Spanish Eyes

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No need for a perspective terrorist to get his hands on an RPG to take down a plane anymore. All they need now is a drone and attach some pouches of flamible liquid. It will be sucked into the front jet engine and kablam.

Nice. I am travelling by plane next week.

Should I be worried about a bird strike or a drone or something else.

This is getting ridiculous now.

Many will just stay at home in their little or big armchairs and use Google streetview to travel.

Gatling

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No need for a perspective terrorist to get his hands on an RPG to take down a plane anymore. All they need now is a drone and attach some pouches of flamible liquid. It will be sucked into the front jet engine and kablam.

Too Hollywood .


The majority of drones are just made out of injection moulded abs plastic and a few circuit boards with a maximum flight time of 20 mins ,

Gatling

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Nice. I am travelling by plane next week.

Should I be worried about a bird strike or a drone or something else.

You do realise they test planes by firing frozen Turkeys at several hundred fps at them.

Spanish Eyes

Gatling wrote: »

You do realise they test planes by firing frozen Turkeys at several hundred fps at them.

Of course I do.

But I don't want them to hit MY plane lol.

Some scrotes out there will do anything for a laugh. For them it's a laugh anyway. Faceache will spread the potential.

Nervous me...

maryishere

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No need for a perspective terrorist to get his hands on an RPG to take down a plane anymore. All they need now is a drone and attach some pouches of flamible liquid. It will be sucked into the front jet engine and kablam.

Or attach some sort of e xplosive to the drone? A flying b om b that will detonate on impact, like a mine?

maryishere

Gatling wrote: »

The majority of drones are just made out of injection moulded abs plastic and a few circuit boards with a maximum flight time of 20 mins ,

20 minutes would be enough to take off and , in the wrong hands, interfere with parked planes at airports? I am not sure how, but perhaps interfere with sensors, instruments or fittings on outside of plane?

Unfortunately sooner or later I can see a major terrorist incident caused somehow by a drone somewhere in the world. Maybe drones will become suicide drones.

Gatling

maryishere wrote: »

20 minutes would be enough to take off and , in the wrong hands, interfere with parked planes at airports? I am not sure how, but perhaps interfere with sensors, instruments or fittings on outside of plane?

Unfortunately sooner or later I can see a major terrorist incident caused somehow by a drone somewhere in the world. Maybe drones will become suicide drones.

It gets worse

maryishere

Gatling wrote: »

It gets worse

It surely does.

"UK should prepare for use of drones in terrorist attacks, says thinktank
Power stations, summits and the PM’s car are all potential targets for unmanned aerial vehicles carrying explosives, says Remote Control project"

"Commercially available drones have the potential to be converted into flying bombs capable of hitting targets such as nuclear power stations or the prime minister’s car, a report by a security thinktank has warned.

“Drones are a game changer in the wrong hands,” warns the lead author of the report by the Oxford Research Group’s Remote Control project.

The report, The Hostile Use of Drones by Non-State Actors Against British Targets, highlights concerns that “drones will be used as simple, affordable and effective airborne improvised explosive devices”."

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/11/drones-terrorist-attacks-security-thinktank

I am surprised some people have not abused their potential more to date actually....even just for "fun" or visual vandalism at public events etc.

Gatling

Rc cars ,boats and planes for donkey years now it's all delusional paranoia when it comes to drones ,
For some odd reason drones seem to Strike terror into people,

total irrational stuff.

A simple solution would be to block certain radio frequencies around sensitive locations

Esel

Gatling wrote: »

A simple solution would be to block certain radio frequencies around sensitive locations

That might stop Jason and Wayne. They would just start playing with their green lasers.

If you really want to put a frozen turkey in front of a jet engine, you would have anticipated that. Devices can be programmed too.

We can be sure that comprehensive threat assessment has been done. Unk-unks notwithstanding, of course...

Frozen pigs, from an old-fashioned cannon, would be a completely different kettle of fish.

HensVassal

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Source: BBC news http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

A real sign of the times? Hope they caught whoever the idiot thought it would be a good idea to fly a drone anywhere near Heathrow.

Should drones be registered and licenses held?

How many birds crash into airliners as they are landing everyday?

Esel

HensVassal wrote: »

How many birds crash into airliners as they are landing everyday?

Birds are not suicidal, and take-off is probably much more dangerous...

Riddle101

For a second I thought it was going to be a military drone like UAV MQ-1 Predator. Imagine the headlines if the plane crashed into one of them and blown up.