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  • Kite confiscated after apparently hitting United plane in Washington ar

    From orem@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 30 12:24:24 2025
    XPost: rec.kites, sac.politics, talk.politics.guns
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    A kite appears to have hit a passenger jet as it flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon, United Airlines said.

    The airline said it was aware of reports that a kite hit United Flight
    654, and that the flight from Houston landed safely.

    "Customers deplaned normally," it said, "and upon inspection there was no damage to the aircraft."

    The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department, which
    patrols Reagan National and Dulles International Airport, said a kite was "briefly confiscated" from someone in Gravelly Point because it was flying
    in restricted airspace.

    "Kite-flying is prohibited at Gravelly Point due to low-flying aircraft
    landing at DCA," the department said in a statement.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kite-confiscated-apparently-hitting- united-plane-washington-area-rcna198742

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 31 02:08:51 2025
    XPost: sac.politics, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.misc

    Is THAT all it takes, a fuckin' little KITE ? If so
    air-travel is WAY less secure than they want everyone
    to believe.

    Hmmm ... a cloud of AI threat-interceptor drones
    around every big airport ? That WILL take a dedicated
    team - meaning "more govt", kinda the antithesis of
    the current drive. Doesn't have to be a huge team
    however ... maybe three actives, three shifts, and
    one boss per shift. How many "big airports" ? Ten ?
    Maybe fifteen ?

    Be it kites or balloons or little drones, the tech
    is with the terrorists these days. Gotta turn
    that around. Sorry ... reality .....

    "Loss of confidence" in air travel/transport would
    be a HUGE deal these days.

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  • From P. Coonan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 31 23:51:03 2025
    XPost: sac.politics, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.misc

    On 30 Mar 2025, c186282 <[email protected]> posted some news:[email protected]:

    Is THAT all it takes, a fuckin' little KITE ? If so
    air-travel is WAY less secure than they want everyone
    to believe.

    Hmmm ... a cloud of AI threat-interceptor drones
    around every big airport ? That WILL take a dedicated
    team - meaning "more govt", kinda the antithesis of
    the current drive. Doesn't have to be a huge team
    however ... maybe three actives, three shifts, and
    one boss per shift. How many "big airports" ? Ten ?
    Maybe fifteen ?

    Be it kites or balloons or little drones, the tech
    is with the terrorists these days. Gotta turn
    that around. Sorry ... reality .....

    "Loss of confidence" in air travel/transport would
    be a HUGE deal these days.

    Did you see the damage a drone did to a water dropping plane in
    California?

    https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/15792480_drone-super-scooper-split-TN- img.jpg?w=1024

    I think it's this model or similar. Not very big.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/316577983849

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