lasers in pilots eyes, hysteria?

chewy

this story been gong for a while

see
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=10&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_re_us/pilots_laser_beams

homeland security put out a warning that terrorist might use industrial lasers to blind pilots coming into to land, but they were not reffering to america.... now american pilots are reporting more and more incidents of this happening in the us... no accidents have happend and nobody has been even temporarily blinded....

Chalk

man, that topic is so misleading

Kingsize

if you are close enough to blind the pilot why not strap a sniper rifle to that
laser & get the job done good style
seems weird to me

Canis Lupus

guns leave forensics

joejoem

Canis Lupus wrote:

guns leave forensics

I dont think terrorist give a flying shíte about forensics.


No pun intended

John R

Just more hyped-up US terrorist scare bull.
The accuracy needed to blind both pilots would be much higher than a sniper rifle or automatic gun barrage of the cockpit.
As well as the fact the plane would have to be almost on the ground to realistically get an angle to blind the pilots this is total ****e.
TBH releasing a truck-load of large sea birds into the path of a plane during take-off would be a much better plan of attack.

monkeyfudge

Chalk wrote:

man, that topic is so misleading

I agree. I thought it was going to be about pilots with laser beam eyes who would destroy us all.

David19

The real question is who's doing it and why? Is it just a prank? It doesn't seem like it is now.

BolBill

FEAR people, let us all be ruled by FEAR !!!!!!!!!
We haven't mentioned the WAR ON TERROR since all the news is about tsunamis, so lets throw out some FEAR to keep the masses in their place.

Canis Lupus

joejoem wrote:

I dont think terrorist give a flying shíte about forensics.


No pun intended

Depends whether they are dedicated terrorists.... why use a gun that leaves tracable evidence that can lead u to being caught and putting an end to yur terrorism days.

Next, I have never shot a gun in my life but how fast is an approaching airplane travelling? I reckon u would wanna be a better than decent shot to take out both the pilot and co pilot and so on and so forth.

Canis Lupus

monkeyfudge wrote:

I agree. I thought it was going to be about pilots with laser beam eyes who would destroy us all.

LOL rep++

segadreamcast

Yeah I caught this story last week - really not sure what's going on there. Teenage pranksters? It seems a bit too sophisticated to be - considering the altitude that was involved...

Several different pilots have verified it - however - several pilots have also verified the bermuda triangle theory, so that isn't saying much. For now, I'll sit on the fence and wait for some palpable evidence to come along whilst hoping that U.S. security are working to eradicate this threat - if it exists.

stevenmu

I think after the terrorists crashed planes into buildings, the Dept. of Homeland Security have all been sitting around reading Tom Clancy novels to see whats coming next (ref "The Bear and The Dragon").

Kingsize

Probably plane spotters or idiots!(or both)
people leave rocks on the railway tracks but i dont think they are terrorists even though is highly dangerous
i do remember reading a theory that there was a series of crashes in the 70's
involving lockheed dc-10's which aparently had a design fault in the back door( they ripped off/weakened) during take off.
somebody got wind of this & developed a way of attacking & accentuating this fault with a sonic device, thus causing the crashes & blackmailing the manufacturers.

could all be bolix of course...

daymobrew

N.J. man charged with aiming laser at aircraft
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=39&u=/usatoday/20050105/ts_usatoday/njmanchargedwithaiminglaserataircraft

When the guy was first arrested, earlier in the week, the article (which I, of course, cannot find) said that the FBI denied that terrorists were planning to use lasers to down aircraft.

stevenmu

NoelRock wrote:

For now, I'll sit on the fence and wait for some palpable evidence to come along whilst hoping that U.S. security are working to eradicate this threat - if it exists.

They've arrested somebody for it already, story at El Reg. Presumably they have some kind of evidence, altough he was arrested under the patriot act so we may never know

RicardoSmith

Canis Lupus wrote:

Depends whether they are dedicated terrorists.... why use a gun that leaves tracable evidence that can lead u to being caught and putting an end to yur terrorism days.

Next, I have never shot a gun in my life but how fast is an approaching airplane travelling? I reckon u would wanna be a better than decent shot to take out both the pilot and co pilot and so on and so forth.

Whats a dedicated terrorist vs an undedicated terrorist?

Guesstimate, when landing 100-200 mph. Be like hitting a F1 driver.

chewy

ok again this man was only arrested after the story has been in the news, so this guy could still just be a coincidence of the hysteria.... the first story I read, *i think* said, said the first incidents happend a couple of years ago, before this warning came out.... but still a man being arrested doesn't mean its real...

followingthe links on the register you come to this, is it even possible?

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_4ue93SHHSQJ:cable.shiftlock.com:8009/+lasershoppe&hl=en

Wertz

Terrorists my ass; everyone knows it's aliens. ALIENS I TELL YOU!!

Canis Lupus

RicardoSmith wrote:

Whats a dedicated terrorist vs an undedicated terrorist?

Guesstimate, when landing 100-200 mph. Be like hitting a F1 driver.

LOL... well different variants there.....

A dedicated terrorist could bea suicide bomber but he would also be undedicated because he is a bit of a fire and forget terrorist. He gets called dedicated as well cos he/she blows himself up.

Undedicated terrorist would be the type of guy to try something like a grand stage kidnapping like the Iranian Embassy siege back in the 70's. This is undedicated because the terrorist will eventually be stopped.

Dedicated is someone who puts time and effort into what he/she is doing and by using their brains can successfully strike again and again.


Am I just bored and making this up as I go along? Yes I am and I'll stop now.

Scruff

tis a neocon industrial fear mongering exercise to get the us to impose a ruling saying that every airliner must have a new prand spanking windscreen that diffuses the laser hamlessly and can only be bought from company X, where members of the government are on the board, hold shares etc.

this will then be applied to all froms of motor transportation enriching all concerned.

either that or is the aliens who are in leage with a neocon industrial fear mongering exercise to get the us to impose a ruling saying that every airliner must .....

Hobbes

the only way a terrorist could down a jet from the ground using a laser beam is if it was a targetting laser for an incoming missile.

kinkstr

monkeyfudge wrote:

I agree. I thought it was going to be about pilots with laser beam eyes who would destroy us all.

that would be kool

Jahl

I think Board.ie is in need of a Conspiricy forum! Lets fuel the fear/hysteria.

kinkstr

shhhh there watching us right now

CuLT

The Cuckoo's Nest, for all your crackpot theories and insane ramblings!