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I can't think of a single worse signal jamming activity than interfering with civilian aircraft frequencies. No, it won't make a plane drop out of the sky immed
by jagger27 5y ago
I can't think of a single worse signal jamming activity than interfering with civilian aircraft frequencies. No, it won't make a plane drop out of the sky immediately, but imagine an extremely busy airport like Heathrow without access to ATC. Then imagine one of those planes has an emergency. It means that ground crews won't be ready. It means that runways might not be cleared. Weather conditions might not be conveyed. So much can go wrong so quickly. Communications authorities are right to apply heavy penalties for signal jamming.
- trasz 5y agoNot disagreeing about jamming aeronautical frequencies, but wouldn't ATC assume an emergency when they realize they can't communicate with the aircraft?
- jagger27 5y agoYes they would, but if they can't also communicate with other nearby aircraft to get them out of the way then it becomes a problem.