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Hasn't this been happening for a while? At least locally with idiots pointing lazers near airports usually the culprits get apprehended in fairly short order.
by boarnoah 6y ago
Hasn't this been happening for a while?
At least locally with idiots pointing lazers near airports usually the culprits get apprehended in fairly short order.
Is it this usual for a repeated event near a busy airport to go on without intervention?
- ipnon 6y agoThey have (assuming its been the same person) been sighted 2 times previously by airline pilots. No one knows who they are, so they're obviously unregistered. But they're flying into the arrival and departure paths of LAX. So they will be in a heap of trouble once they're identified. That makes this latest sighting all the more brazen.
- stickfigure 6y agoThe second sighting is suspect: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24790406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24790406
- danaliv 6y agoThis sighting at least isn’t in the bravo. The person is under the shelf in class E and therefore isn’t violating any airspace. They wouldn’t be subject to transponder or ADS-B requirements either because they (probably) don’t have an engine-driven electrical system. The previous sightings do sound like this person busted the bravo but I’d have to do more research to be sure.
- libria 6y agoAt this point maybe FAA should have several "hot drones" charged and ready to takeoff as soon as the next sighting occurs to chase down the culprit.