Drones over gatwick..

UberTiger · 23 Dec 2018 at 16:53

chaparral said:
But still knowing that you can fly these drones around an airport for multi days without anything being done is nuts

terrorists could have a field day strapping bombs to these things and then flying them into parked planes , fuel tankers , airport buildings etc

This is a great fictional short film released a year ago, highlighting the potential danger of combining drone and AI technology and militarising it. There's an epilogue at the end at 7:10 from a professor of computer science at Berkely,

It's pretty scary stuff, and not really that far fetched at all these days.

Em3bbs · 23 Dec 2018 at 16:59

https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

PiKe · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:02

^ LOL.

UberTiger · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:02

lol, imagine if it turned out to just be a tesco bag for life flopping about in the sky

Minusorange · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:04

UberTiger said:
It's pretty scary stuff, and not really that far fetched at all these days.

How many people have been murdered by RC vehicles since the 70's ?

VincentHanna · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:23

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

#GreatBritain

UberTiger · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:23

Minusorange said:
How many people have been murdered by RC vehicles since the 70's ?

I lost half my family combined in the RC massacres of '79, '85 and '98

We should have gotten William Osman on the case at Gatwick with his drone net gun

(In action at 8:16)

LOAM · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:24

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

wait, how can that even be a possibility? Mass hysteria?

Scania · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:30

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

A damaged drone found close to the airport on Saturday was being forensically examined, the force added.

Yet the BBC link he shares contains the above statement? :confused:

Slam62 · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:35

Should have sent a spitfire up

Minusorange · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:42

LOAM said:
wait, how can that even be a possibility? Mass hysteria?

Maybe, it was......

A hologram projected from Russian spy satellite ?

dowie · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:43

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

That would be hilarious

(though there was that dodgy footage posted on twitter by the Daily Fail?)

doodah · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:52

Surely not regarding the police saying there may not have been a drone? Is that real?

h4rm0ny · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:55

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.

Malevolence · 23 Dec 2018 at 17:56

h4rm0ny said:
What Gatwick needs is this guy! Don't mess with the Normans!

Don't want to be 'that guy', but the Normans carried kite shields. Those chaps look like they're carrying Norse/Saxon shields.

wildest_jjk · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:19

doodah said:
Surely not regarding the police saying there may not have been a drone? Is that real?

BBC news were interviewing Sussex Police Chief Superintendent Jason Tingley and he then said they cannot rule that out at this stage!

Malevolence · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:22

That couple need to hire the same lawyer as Cliff Richard did when the media were all over him for that house search.

SexyGreyFox · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:30

Malevolence said:
That couple need to hire the same lawyer as Cliff Richard did when the media were all over him for that house search.

They cost him a lot of money, millions I believe

TheVoice · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:38

mmj_uk said:
I'm on about people being arrested for a drone based crime for no other reason than living locally and having an interest in RC helicopters and (possibly) drones. If the Man City ground gets vandalised you don't just go around arresting all of the local Man United fans and interrogating them without reasonable grounds to suspect they were involved.

I'm not sure you understand what function arresting a person has within the context of an investigation like this, it's used to facilitate their enquiries. The media are the ones who have latched onto that and assumed their guilt and are now trying to spread that blame back on to the police so people like you will lap it up.

mmj_uk said:
Like Trappi$t says now they have an arrest on their record for a major internationally reported crime, when the police could have easily done basic investigation and realised they had nothing to do with it, without rushing in heavy handed and arresting them.

How do you know what they "could have easily done" when you don't know anything about police investigations?

LoadsaMoney · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:41

Em3bbs said:
https://twitter.com/TomPugh212/status/1076874388761440260

Police tell BBC News they “cannot discount the possibility that there may have been no drone at all”.