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Hobby planes have been around for a long time. Wouldn't this have happened by now if it were such a risk?

• ggreer 12y ago
  Good point, but I think this hasn't happened because almost nobody is a psychopath, and most psychopaths are incompetent. If I believed otherwise, I wouldn't speculate about these things publicly. Also, it would be hard to pilot multiple RC planes or helicopters simultaneously. Any attack that requires people cooperating is much less likely.
  • hyperliner 12y ago
    "most psychopaths are incompetent" I wish you were right.
  • eksith 12y ago
    Psychopaths have a wide range of traits, but I believe those who would consider doing something like this, also tend to have poor impulse control that may interfere with their plans ahead. What makes it a terrifying possibility is that terrorists, who I don't think are all psychopathic, may have a better chance of pulling it off.
  • baddox 12y ago
    Not to mention that the vast majority of people who would be willing and capable of pulling off such an attack are probably people in government, so government regulation wouldn't make sense as a recommendation.
• snom380 12y ago
  The same can be said about almost any terrorist action. They're not generally limited by what is possible to do, but mostly by what people are willing to do. That something like this hasn't happened just shows that there just aren't that many crazy people out there.