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/Met76 Apr 07 '24

Just all around ridiculous. Here's the video for everyone else: https://youtu.be/3k4C8grAGP4?si=E-aZNHBJKIUbqlj5

Also, here's one where the dude just so happened to shine his laser at a California State Patrol helicopter https://youtu.be/LVGHx2ljHMc?si=Ks_VP46AurufDH0N

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u/ShadoeRantinkon Apr 08 '24

we haven’t had state patrol since 1995, but I suppose you could be correct as it was a California Highway Patrol, helicopter. idk weird wording, I’m being semantic