Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air drops

Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by dczx on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:24PM (#9782311)

I feel this was really poor decision making on the pilot and or his commanders.

Imagine a building burning down, civilian car parked in front of said building... Whoops operation is ruined, better turn around and do nothing.

So the real issue is the aircraft dispatcher doesn't know how to handle emergency situations? This is horrible.

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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by DrStalker on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:29PM (#9782325)

A parked car is easy to see and easy to predict what it will do next.

A drone is hard to keep track of and could move in any direction at any time, and if it collides with the plane could knock it out of the sky.

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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by ethanbond on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:31PM (#9782335)

Are you joking? You're equating a stationary vehicle that workers have to inconveniently walk around to a toy that can knock an airplane, and all of its crew, out of the sky?

You've got to be kidding.

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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by artmageddon on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:33PM (#9782341)

You can smash through the windows of a parked car to run the hoses through it, but a drone might move around, pose a threat to your aircraft, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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