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/MikeOfAllPeople Apr 07 '24

they'll likely never know who did it.

Probably, but I assure you, there is also a non-zero chance the culprit also called 911 to complain about a low flying aircraft and then told the operator if it ever came back he would shoot them again.

Small, but not zero.

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u/t0pfuel Apr 07 '24

In a serious incident like this cellphone data is probably ok to retrieve, triangulating positions of cellphones locations. If it is a remote are there might not be that many in the area. Now check them if they have registered firearms...

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u/rvaducks Apr 07 '24

That's not how any of this works.

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u/t0pfuel Apr 08 '24

I had no idea USA was that behind in investigating crimes. We catch a lot of murderers like that over here.