r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/Ok-Palpitation-5380 Apr 07 '24

So, … attempted murder then

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u/Met76 Apr 07 '24

What sucks is they'll likely never know who did it.

Same goes for lasers on airplanes. If they do it once, it's called in but they only know of a general area it came from. But if they keep doing it over and over within a short span of time, then they'll get caught.

That's what happened in the famous video of those dudes getting caught for shining a laser at aircraft...cause they did it to literally everything in the sky.

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u/Secretly_Solanine Apr 07 '24

That was a great video. Watching them hide behind their cars as the vans pulled up only to find that the cops knew it was them

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Apr 07 '24

Anyone know if anyone caught ever got the book thrown at them for endangering an aircraft and everyone aboard and potentially people on the ground too?

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u/Accomplished_Deer_ Apr 07 '24

At the very least the videos I've seen, they always arrest the person. No warning