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trellheim

I must say I am sorry I linked them here. I had thought since it was across the media it was fair game.

zapitastas

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Police statement on BBC just now said they had not released the names to the media

Well they would not have officially given their names but they would have handed the names over on the quiet. As they always do. Is in cases like this where this practice is shown up

john boye

https://twitter.com/blue6oy/status/1076802620822638593?s=19


Excellent work

EdgeCase

It's quite possible that someone either saw police activity outside their house and contacted a tabloid or tweeted about it and were contacted, or that they were aware that the couple were drone and remote controlled aircraft enthusiasts and both called the police and the press.

People can be utterly charming sometimes.

I wouldn't necessarily jump to the conclusion that it was the police. They're under huge pressure since they released names of high-profile people under investigation who subsequently turned out to be entirely innocent. So, I doubt they'd be running to the press with names on something that is potentially a very complex and even sensitive operation.

There was a total vacuum of anything coming from the police during the incident and I think the press were likely hunting around for leads and found some either online or from someone who was willing to gossip.

iamwhoiam

zapitastas wrote: »

Well they would not have officially given their names but they would have handed the names over on the quiet. As they always do. Is in cases like this where this practice is shown up

Also possible that neighbours saw the arrests and passed on the names

PukkaStukka

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Police statement on BBC just now said they had not released the names to the media

Amirani wrote: »

No ethics from UK tabloids as expected, plastering their faces all over the news before they're even charged. Police shouldn't be releasing names either if that's how they got them.

In all cases I saw on broadcast media, it was said that "the couple were named LOCALLY as..."

In other words, the police didn't name them. The journos covering this were getting the info from neighbours etc.

expectationlost

maybe going off topic but why did they need to be arrested?

Silly question, perhaps, but what's the situation at the airport lately?




Drone still hanging around or disappeared since the arrests?

Wheres Me Jumper?

expectationlost wrote: »

maybe going off topic but why did they need to be arrested?

i must admit i never felt they were the culprits. they just didn't look the sort. too ordinary. too run of the mill imho.

Locker10a

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Silly question, perhaps, but what's the situation at the airport lately?




Drone still hanging around or disappeared since the arrests?

There’s a constant Helicoptor presence I’m at the airport right now, flights operating as normal

faoiarvok

expectationlost wrote: »

maybe going off topic but why did they need to be arrested?

I would assume that would give the police power to search the home etc. which they might have to give up voluntarily, and possibly they wanted to nick them quickly to prevent deleting flight logs etc.

Homer

https://twitter.com/tompugh212/status/1076874388761440260?s=21

Police tell BBC there may not actually have been any drones?! Eh what

Spanish Eyes

Homer wrote: »

https://twitter.com/tompugh212/status/1076874388761440260?s=21

Police tell BBC there may not actually have been any drones?! Eh what

I did suspect that from the start. Cover up almighty for something else I think.

The clumsy way this was handled was unreal too and led me to believe that something else was afoot. But sure what do I know either.

dhaughton99

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I did suspect that from the start. Cover up almighty for something else I think.

The clumsy way this was handled was unreal too and led me to believe that something else was afoot. But sure what do I know either.

Same with the way mods were threatening bans over ‘conspiracy theory’ claims that there was none.

dhaughton99

Birmingham Airport: Services halted amid air traffic control fault

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-46668635

fred funk }{

This whole thing stinks to high heaven.

NSAman

Read that mans facebook page... thought to myself there is NOWAY that a guy like that would ever be guilty.

I hope he gets a fortune from the damned newspapers.

jimmynokia

The thing i wondered is howcome there has not been one photo of the drone even from planespotters etc..

boggerman1

Homer wrote: »

https://twitter.com/tompugh212/status/1076874388761440260?s=21

Police tell BBC there may not actually have been any drones?! Eh what

Diverts away from the clusterf**k that's brexit for a day or 2

Spanish Eyes

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Birmingham Airport: Services halted amid air traffic control fault

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-46668635

Brexit Beckons. A warning maybe? I have read that air traffic is one that will be mightily affected by UK leaving the EU.

Sorry, just crushed up the tin foil that I used for the dinner earlier, so I cannot make a hat. :P

plodder

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Also possible that neighbours saw the arrests and passed on the names

Could have been neighbours who reported them to the police. How else would the police have found them? AFAIk, there is no register of drones in the UK (yet).

mickdw

The whole thing is a cover up.
No drone footage despite the world's media being and on site from a few hours in.
No action taken either from police, military or tech world to bring down drone.
Man and wife arrested with seemingly no evidence other than being model aircraft fans and them living near the airport.
Police now saying there may never have been a drone, I mean it's crazy stuff.

I don't know what was going on but it must have been pretty serious.

Under His Eye

I wonder how many D notices were issued last week? This has all the hallmarks of MI5's clumsy footprints.

AreWeAlone

Well the police did publicly state “the devices used are of an industrial specification". So the source for that claim must be investigated at the very least.

L1011

This is a further and final reminder that this isn't the Conspiracy Theories forum and moderation actions will be taken if required

AreWeAlone

L1011 wrote: »

This is a further and final reminder that this isn't the Conspiracy Theories forum and moderation actions will be taken if required

But it's not a conspiracy theory any more. It's the police themselves who are suggesting there were no drones involved.

L1011

L1011 wrote: »

This is a further and final reminder that this isn't the Conspiracy Theories forum and moderation actions will be taken if required

To be fair, it also seems the official story/police line is changing regarding drones.

EDIT: AreWeAlone got there ahead of me

Mr.Wemmick

What I do not get, whatsoever, is who reported the drone in the first place? If it were an official on-site, on the ground or in the control tower, then why did they keep reporting it through out Thursday and into Friday.

If that many flights were grounded and so much disruption caused - why, if no solid evidence of any drones?

Spanish Eyes

Sorry mods, and Happy Christmas.

But this episode is definitely odd.

dhaughton99

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

What I do not get, whatsoever, is who reported the drone in the first place? If it were an official on-site, on the ground or in the control tower, then why did they keep reporting it through out Thursday and into Friday.

If that many flights were grounded and so much disruption caused - why, if no solid evidence of any drones?

It was ground staff.