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4 smaller airports in DK had visits during this night as well. Also lights on. Still thinking coincidence?
by clan 1y ago
4 smaller airports in DK had visits during this night as well.
Also lights on. Still thinking coincidence?
- vintermann 1y agoDefinitively not coincidence, but there are a lot of things that could cause a pattern of reported air lights - such as a warning to be on high alert looking for them, the autumnal equinox (nights are getting much darker very quickly in Denmark right now), etc.
- 4ndrewl 1y agoMass-hysteria isn't just coincidence, it feeds off itself. The 4 other airports were all in DK, where it's top of the news and where everyone is talking about it. Not in other countries.
- vintermann 1y agoI think mass hysteria is too perjorative. We have a lot of suspicious data points, but then a new data point turns up (early lights were a false alert) which suggests that the data generating process may be pretty biased.
- baobun 1y agoIf I was 14, a rascal up to no good, had a drone and lived close to an airport I know what I'd be doing for the lulz.
- 1718627440 1y agoYou would hopefully also know that this has serious consequences. Burning your home might be cheaper.
- baobun 1y agoWhat kinds of consequences? Grounding? Have my drone taken away? > Burning your home might be cheaper. Makes no sense. Kids get off easy. And can be less concerned with consequences.
- 1718627440 1y agoBeyond the fine, the airlines will try to get their losses in millions back from someone. If it turns out to have been a private person, there will be lawsuits. In general parents are liable for their children. When a child is old enough to fly a drone on its own, I think it will also be of partial-legal age. Acceptance of manslaughter and threat to national security is not taken lightly.
- baobun 1y agoDenmark doesn't work that way.
- 1718627440 1y agoIn which point is it different?