Planes should be fitted with laser to blind the phuc out of the laser pointer dimwits on the ground or heat seeking shit bombs to drop on those kunts.
I don’t care if it’s teenagers doing it, even if you’re 13 you should be old enough to know that doing that is not only stupid but also incredibly dangerous. If those fuckers are ever caught they need to have the book thrown at them. I’d rather a couple of scumbags spent a few years in juvenile or prison than risk hundreds being senselessly killed because some immature twat thought it would be funny to shine a laser at an airplane trying to land *at night*
Over 3,500 noise complaints from one person in Blanchardstown for flights
Laser originates from Blanchardstown
Hmm, what a nice coincidence
“nothing more sinister” – unbelievable
I’m not sure about the music the pilots listen to as they land. They should have U2 on the playlist if they’re landing in Dublin.
Arm them with laser guided missiles.. problem solved
Not just an Irish problem unfortunately but they need to take it more seriously here. All ATC can do is ask the pilots for location info and try to figure out roughly where the offender is. In Heathrow they will dispatch a police helicopter to track down the origin. We’ve only the one garda helicopter that may be tasked already or by the time they get it in the air the attacker could have gotten bored and gone inside.
Guards did nothing on reports of someone bagging coke in train. What do you think is gonna happen here lol
Scrotes gonna scrote. It’s either extreme dimwittedness or malicious, either way hefty jail sentences are needed
WTF is wrong with people? Do they actually *want* the plane to crash? What other reason is there for doing something so fucking stupid?
Is it just me or is that a pretty strong laser?. Shame theres no way to find the location.
There are ways to find the origin point of lasers… for example:
A university student has designed and built a prototype laser illumination detector to determine the approximate location of a green laser source. It was developed by Nate Hough, a student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
The system is intended for use in cockpits, and is self-contained — it does not need to interface with any aircraft instruments. For location, altitude and orientation data, it has a GPS and a 3-axis magnetic compass.
A laser is detected by a camera sensor, currently with 1024 x 1024 pixel resolution. The camera detects the bright “bloom” from a direct or near-direct laser illumination (left image, below). To distinguish laser light from a bright non-laser light such as the sun, it looks at surrounding pixels to see whether they saturate the green channel of the sensor. (The system currently looks only for green laser beams since those represent over 90% of FAA-reported laser incidents. But future versions could look for other color laser beams as well.) https://www.laserpointersafety.com/news/news/other-news_files/ade81f22e9058a2a6ebc2ea4e72ca472-532.php#on
This is criminal offence right? Regardless of age.
Chickens coming home to roost. This softly softly approach to young lads isn’t working anymore. “He’s a good lad normally, he’s still traumatised from the day he had to drink a Capri-Sun without a straw”
I’m sure our Judges will give a stern warning to whoever did this.
ELI5 why is the lasers being pointed at planes (specifically) a problem?
If its a game that’s wanted, I think we should arm commercial pilots with 5000x lasers that hone in on the offending laser and burn it to a crisp, possibly also including the hand of the person holding it..
Someone needs to go to jail
Not a stretch that it could be attempted manslaughter/murder. 1 count for each person. And that’s what they should get.
Is there no way to stop this ? like a special type of glass or something ?
I know it’s hard to catch but people should get years in prison for this as an extra deterrent.
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Instead of the ‘boys will be boys’ way this will be treated, it should be considered an attempted terrorism attack.
Is it actually possible someone to target a pilot’s eyes from the ground with a laser? Would that not be incredible ?
How come a aeroplane can fly through thunderstorm but laser is dangerous? Is it specifically because is landing?
People in the US can get [years](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2014/03/12/laser-sentence-14-years-california-alpa/6330661/) for this. I think in the UK it’s up to 5 years too.
Planes should be fitted with laser to blind the phuc out of the laser pointer dimwits on the ground or heat seeking shit bombs to drop on those kunts.
I don’t care if it’s teenagers doing it, even if you’re 13 you should be old enough to know that doing that is not only stupid but also incredibly dangerous. If those fuckers are ever caught they need to have the book thrown at them. I’d rather a couple of scumbags spent a few years in juvenile or prison than risk hundreds being senselessly killed because some immature twat thought it would be funny to shine a laser at an airplane trying to land *at night*
Over 3,500 noise complaints from one person in Blanchardstown for flights
Laser originates from Blanchardstown
Hmm, what a nice coincidence
“nothing more sinister” – unbelievable
I’m not sure about the music the pilots listen to as they land. They should have U2 on the playlist if they’re landing in Dublin.
Arm them with laser guided missiles.. problem solved
Not just an Irish problem unfortunately but they need to take it more seriously here. All ATC can do is ask the pilots for location info and try to figure out roughly where the offender is. In Heathrow they will dispatch a police helicopter to track down the origin. We’ve only the one garda helicopter that may be tasked already or by the time they get it in the air the attacker could have gotten bored and gone inside.
Guards did nothing on reports of someone bagging coke in train. What do you think is gonna happen here lol
Scrotes gonna scrote. It’s either extreme dimwittedness or malicious, either way hefty jail sentences are needed
WTF is wrong with people? Do they actually *want* the plane to crash? What other reason is there for doing something so fucking stupid?
Is it just me or is that a pretty strong laser?. Shame theres no way to find the location.
There are ways to find the origin point of lasers… for example:
A university student has designed and built a prototype laser illumination detector to determine the approximate location of a green laser source. It was developed by Nate Hough, a student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
The system is intended for use in cockpits, and is self-contained — it does not need to interface with any aircraft instruments. For location, altitude and orientation data, it has a GPS and a 3-axis magnetic compass.
A laser is detected by a camera sensor, currently with 1024 x 1024 pixel resolution. The camera detects the bright “bloom” from a direct or near-direct laser illumination (left image, below). To distinguish laser light from a bright non-laser light such as the sun, it looks at surrounding pixels to see whether they saturate the green channel of the sensor. (The system currently looks only for green laser beams since those represent over 90% of FAA-reported laser incidents. But future versions could look for other color laser beams as well.)
https://www.laserpointersafety.com/news/news/other-news_files/ade81f22e9058a2a6ebc2ea4e72ca472-532.php#on
This is criminal offence right? Regardless of age.
Chickens coming home to roost. This softly softly approach to young lads isn’t working anymore. “He’s a good lad normally, he’s still traumatised from the day he had to drink a Capri-Sun without a straw”
I’m sure our Judges will give a stern warning to whoever did this.
ELI5 why is the lasers being pointed at planes (specifically) a problem?
If its a game that’s wanted, I think we should arm commercial pilots with 5000x lasers that hone in on the offending laser and burn it to a crisp, possibly also including the hand of the person holding it..
Someone needs to go to jail
Not a stretch that it could be attempted manslaughter/murder. 1 count for each person. And that’s what they should get.
Is there no way to stop this ? like a special type of glass or something ?
I know it’s hard to catch but people should get years in prison for this as an extra deterrent.
This guy in the US got 14 years
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2014/03/12/laser-sentence-14-years-california-alpa/6330661/