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Prankster posing as ATC, uses walkie-talkie to order Argentinian aircraft to takeoff

Aggiunto 5 anni fa

As part of a prank, a private pilot in Argentina used a handheld communication device to give instructions to active aircraft at the Jorge Newbery Airport (AEP) in Buenos Aires. (www.gatechecked.com) Altro...

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Christian Parada 5 anni fa 10

He considers that a prank? People could have died.

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Falconus 5 anni fa 6

Lost his license and facing 2-8 years in jail. Wonder if he feels it was worth it...

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Kobe Hunte 5 anni fa 2

i know.. get your license taken away and probably going to jail?! All for a prank.. which probably only himself got the humour out of it.. could of been fatal

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linbb 5 anni fa 3

Very stupid move for someone who says they are a pilot he should never have a licence again to fly.

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TheFlyingPilot 5 anni fa 4

How did the actual active ATC not notice?

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Albert Sauerman 5 anni fa 1

He told the pilot to disregard the previous order and sent the police to look for and arrest the individual.

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Tad Bishop 5 anni fa 4

Pretty stupid to do that..

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Ric Wernicke 5 anni fa 3

Eight years is not enough. This should carry an attempted murder charge. Lock him up and throw away the key.

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Allen Churchwell 5 anni fa 4

I agree with you Ric, that act could have easily been considered terrorism as further actions could have caused a crash.

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Brian Wilkes 5 anni fa 1

THEY LET HIM GO!

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Kobe Hunte 5 anni fa 1

omg.. what dummies

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