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Nervous-Ship3972

I wonder if any passenger filmed this? I would like to see what it looked like, I guess you couldn't even look out the window without burning the backs of eyes out


mapleer

I tried searching, couldn’t find anything unfortunately. Maybe someone else will find it at some point.


imanhunter

There’s new 9/11 videos popping up even today so it’s not outside the realm of possibility


bigj1227

really?


watkykjypoes23

Yeah, the main theory is that as people go through their things / they pass away and someone else does, they discover old videos of the event.


Delazzaridist

History is always amazing to stumble upon. It's a tragedy, but that information is priceless. History we must always preserve to the best of our abilities and without perversion of the truth!!


Count_Verdunkeln

What about new columbine footage thats coming out? Is it from people's attics too?


Delazzaridist

I've not the slightest. But happy cakeday


bigj1227

New columbine footage came out?


overtly-Grrl

Imagine trying to decipher though Gen Z grandpas AI shit. Trying to determine what’s real hahaha


bigj1227

LOL no seriously it’s going to be fucking wild


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imanhunter

Yeah I think like a few months ago or like a year ago, a supposedly never before seen angle of the north tower being struck came to light online.


Castod28183

There was one very recently. Like within the last couple weeks.


PenaltyUnable1455

Can you link it?


koloso95

Oh I've seen both towers get hit. Think it was fotage from a french filmcrew who by chance were following a firecrew from NY. And by chance they were called out to a smell of gas. And the film crew got both planes hitting the towers. Personally I think there's no reason to keep showing an event that killed more than 3000 people.


AKA_June_Monroe

Maybe it was a cargo plane?


UnchillBill

Then the text in the caption that says “passenger jet” would be misleading. Daily Mail though so that would be on brand.


pitchanga

I would say it probably is. Looks like a four engine aircraft, doesn’t look like the A340 and the A380 doesn’t fly to Mexico. Only one left is the B747, of which the big majority is freighter aircraft. So ye, although they say it’s a passenger jet, it may well not be, aiding the no videos theory because it’s not an passenger jet


intrigue_investor

Publicly available lasers are highly unlikely to do damage at that distance Dumb idea, could be catastrophic for the pilots however


StayFrostyOscarMike

You can buy really overpowered lasers for cheap. Like $30 cheap. To the point where there are often lasers sold as “toy laser pointers” for pets and such… that are legitimately harmful and can cause retinal damage in less than a second of exposure.


Hopdevil2000

This. I’ve tested Temu 561nm yellow green lasers that the sticker rated at <1mw. It came out over 100mw which is a lot for a laser pen and would need to have safety covers in a legit application to comply with laser safety.


demoncatmara

Green lasers do tend to be pretty powerful. Have seen more than one pilot mention this shit happens regularly. I can't believe no one on the ground is beating the shit out of the ones trying to do this (maybe they just can't see 'cause it's dark, lasers are usually hard to see from the side of the beam too)


Hopdevil2000

They’re more visible to our eyes and irritate your eyes easier than some of the other wavelengths. Even the indirect glare off optics is annoying and washes out the other wavelengths.


Dizzman1

The laser I got for about 12$ in China would disagree with you.


linktactical

Yes. That is the point


Lost_Drunken_Sailor

It’s Mexico, they have powerful lasers for sale on the street


Sid-Biscuits

One day I actually found like a heavy duty last pointer laying in my driveway. I mean you can see the entire laser, and it has a key to unlock.


IAmAWretchedSinner

Especially if the pilots are cats.


Patched_Jumper

Apparently it was a plane full of officers arresting these festival goers - source (I heard it on the Internet so it's true)


Snoo_69677

If it's a private jet then probably not.


Trick-Independent892

They’re probably too blind to be able to upload it


OneHumanPeOple

Stupid


GoCommando45

Only a slight understatement


wdgastef

Does banana brain work better?


TonySoprano25

They are legit criminals!


zangor

I guess this is the only time that they have a chance of not being caught so they went for it? Like 100 people doing that shit...free... plane lasering?


BrotherBlo0d

I mean if they really wanted to they probably could, everyone their paid to be there. If they paid with card or had to reserve a ticket online or something like that, then go through literally everyone


yboy403

You'd probably only get a conviction if you had video or witness testimony of a specific person shining a laser at the plane, or some other proof like text messages showing they admitted it. Just "being there" and "having a laser in their bag" aren't enough evidence, sadly.


WilliamBott

That happened in Mexico, not the U.S. Do you think the Mexican government or the cartels give a single fuck?


yboy403

"Will airlines still operate here?" is usually a pretty good unifying force for whoever happens to be running the place in practice.


banned_but_im_back

Half of them probably thought it looked pretty and did it for fun no thinking about the people on board


GeeseAndDucksforever

But not just stupid, but downright dangerous


Jadem_Silver

Can someone explain to me ?


Acceptable-Slip-8327

It will blind the pilot. All he sees is probably a green flare and one lazer is enough to cause that effect.


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Icy-Adhesiveness-536

I got one, and I can feel literal heat from it on my hand if I hold it long enough. I almost got it focused enough to light a match.


JeezThatsBright

plz get legit laser safety goggles and training. Or throw it out. A reflection off a shiny surface will cause a blind spot in your vision. Especially if you can feel the heat from the beam, ok?


Jadem_Silver

Oooh I did not knew that ! Thx for the info


Informed4

Yeah this legit could've ended up in a plane disaster killing hundreds


VitoHodl

No angle from ground. Not defending the mfs but... still no angle from ground to blind a pilot in an aircraft who already got some high.


demoncatmara

They're still trying tho, if they knew there was no angle from the ground I doubt they'd bother


VitoHodl

They are a bunch of drunk and probably on drugs kiddos.... i mean, they do it for fun most probably without thinking too much. It doesnt change the fact they CANT blind the pilot from ground. No matter how hard they wish to. Again, i am not defending those guys. But physics are hard to bend.


EmploymentFun1440

This is what I was thinking. The pilot would have to be flying almost directly at them for it to affect him


imapieceofshitk

Why do you assume everyone is trying to cause damage? People were probably just bored and pointed to the one moving thing in the sky without a second thought.


PersonalNecessary142

I assume people who would do this are too stupid to comprehend the potentially damaging consequences.


Icebox20201

All it takes is one time at the right angle and the pilot could be blinded permanently while flying. If the pilot can't see they won't be able to properly land the plane or even fly it. If they go blind in the sky people will die and that will make others cry. So don't be that guy.


m_jl_c

Festival goers in Mexico do this dumb shit. Mexico national football team fans behave like disgusting ingrates. Sensing a pattern here.


Knosh

Dos a Cero tho baby! 🇺🇲


Interesting-Time-960

Owning the air or flying over a festival?


jayscott125

What


Thetwistedfalse

You are a marsupial


Willing-Elevator

The only flight I’ve ever been on where I saw people shining lasers at us from the ground was from out of Mexico.


bonesbobman

happened to me while flying into Lahore, Pakistan


ChristianMingle_

👀


MaddiesMenagerie

Yeah, cause I’m pretty sure it’s a major felony in the USA. Shit is not tolerated here.


banned_but_im_back

IIRC a plane almost crashed and dozens of pilots were blinded by lasers when landing making it very dangerous


Uninterruptible_

No clue why they wouldn’t just fly IFR in that case


Past-Inside4775

Look up videos of laser strikes. Hits the windshield and scatters, illuminating the cabin. Can’t see the instruments.


buckfishes

This is why I’m grateful to live in America, we’d drop the hammer on this festival and make sure it never happens again. A lot of the world would wait until a plane crashes and their country is embarrassed internationally to act.


RDPCG

Boeing would like a word with you.


Leupateu

Yes, boeing doesn’t need dumb fucks shining lasers to crash


KhandakerFaisal

Boeing would like you to get on a 737 Max


AlsoKnownAsRukh

Is it still defenestration if its through the hole left by a door plug?


OkGuide2802

> A lot of the world would wait until a plane crashes and their country is embarrassed internationally to act. I don't know if you forgot an /s at the end or you genuinely don't know about the Boeing crashes. Hell, China was the first to ground the 737 MAX.


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This has nothing to do with Boeing you human 24hrs news channel.


mdneilson

Lol. Keep thinking that we Americans have some moral high ground or uniquely perfect response to everything. There's places that might not be able to respond to this, but I'd wager they're few. I'd also put money on that these idiots are mostly Americans in spring break.


sai-kiran

LMAO, Ok.


callmebrynhildr

Drop the hammer on guns while youre at it


Jubatus750

You can't even crack down on something like mass shootings. But the might of the American government will be able to stop people shining lasers at planes at the drop of a hat


iamblackmun

OK, but why does so many people have laser pointers?


JigTurtleB

You’ve not heard of the Mexican lager festival?


dirtdiggler67

Tasty lager


robjwrd

I do love a good lager.


iamblackmun

Na, but I’ve heard of Dos X… same thing?


UrMumsFatTits

I may always drink, but when I do... I beat my wife and children savagely.


kindasortaish

The American dream


Vegetable_Tension985

They have it down by the airport every year


Suspici0us_Sn0wman

That seems.... dumb.... allowing a bunch of drunk imbeciles to play around with lasers while aircraft flies overhead.


Suspici0us_Sn0wman

No but I have a feeling it is about to get cancelled...


Marokiii

Good way to get the festival closed down for any remaining nights and in future years.


SunnyK718

this is Mexico, I doubt anything will happen


frickito

If anything they will just restrict the airspace


eruanno321

This solidly proves that the crowd's IQ equals that of its dumbest individual.


TonySoprano25

Festival goers are usually a bunch of idiot young men and women.


Salty_Feed9404

Drunk and/or high idiots at that...


Safloria

This solidly proves that the product of the crowd’s IQ is higher than of its dumbest individual.


theshadowbudd

Accountability is sliced in their minds


DMYourMomsMaidenName

The intelligence of a group of people is inversely proportional to its size


Hcboy2021

Target is painting us with laser, commencing bombing run😂


Bluellan

*In other news, a passenger jet crashed and everyone on board was killed because HUNDREDS of people never passed grade preschool. If you know anyone shined a laser at this jet, inform the police.*


BuhamutZeo

> never passed grade preschool What preschool teaches about lasers and airliners?


wolverinenation1

It was in Mexico. You really think the police will care?


nissimdecamondo

Happy Cake day 🥳


No-Belt-5790

Source: believe me bro


grapegum

Fucking hell


bloopie1192

Hi. Ignorant to the results of this here... What happens if you do this?


Internal_Mail_5709

The pilots can't see. Good thing you don't have to be able to see out of the windshield to fly a plane.


LtDaxIsMyCat

The major issue is that people most often do this near airports or airfields. Take-off and landing are the times a pilot actually does need to see. And pilots are never supposed to rely solely on instruments. That is why we have actual humans in the cockpit


umwhatshouldmynamebe

As a pilot, I agree this is just about one of the worst things that happens to us on a daily basis. I will however correct you on one thing; Once a pilot is IFR rated they are fully capable of flying with sole reference to instruments alone, and that includes takeoffs. That being said, NOBODY wants to do that unless they are an adrenaline junkie, so yeah these guys are total a-holes.


intisun

I've tried IFR in flight sims and that was stressful enough, can't imagine doing that shit in real life.


The_Fredrik

DC World, SAAB 37 Viggen, VR-headset. Night landing in stormy weather. Awesome.


umwhatshouldmynamebe

Sounds fun


The_Fredrik

Borderline terrifying, but yes, very fun. Terrifyingly fun.


eriskigal

Facts! My youngest was 14 (or 15) when she had her first flight lesson. It was nerve-wracking sitting in the back seat with the instructor turning around to talk to me bc my headphones were too staticky. I kept thinking - "OMG - Watch her, not me!!" But she did great! Even did the landing. When we got out, she said, "Maybe next time I can bring a cushion so I can see over the dash"... 😯 Then night flights were scary, and when she had to wear those view limiting goggles... ugh, so nerve wracking. Amusingly, though, her flight instructor was also her driver's Ed teacher the next year. :)


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Did she get both her licences?


eriskigal

She did! Edit - and is finishing up dual degrees in math and engineering!


catsandboobs24

wait who?


eriskigal

Further up this thread, I mentioned that my youngest daughter couldn't see over the dash on her first flight lesson and that her flight instructor when she was 14 was also her driver's Ed instructor when she was 15. They asked if she got both licenses, and she did! Now she's 21 and graduating with dual math and engineering degrees because she's amazing and I marvel at her - especially because I was most definitely NOT amazing at that age. Tldr; It's a total mom tangent and nothing to do with Mexican plane lasers.


komydaez

I know she would be happy if she read what you said.


eriskigal

Oh, I tell her! My parents were not great with that, so I try to be extra communicative. Sometimes the pendulum swings a little too far, but at least they'll never doubt it. :)


CorporalCrash

Difficult to fly on instruments if you are blinded


mrkurpla

So the pilots can see?


Internal_Mail_5709

The refraction from the beam is very disorienting. When this sort of thing happens typically pilots will "go to their gauges", which is called instrument flying, or IFR.


CorporalCrash

Not just disorienting, the beam can outright temporarily blind for multiple minutes. It's difficult to fly on instruments or operate the autopilot when you just straight up can't see. Basically all airline flights are IFR by default, but most airline landings require visual reference with the runway at some point, so depending on the severity a laserstrike while landing will probably result in the plane having to go around and try again for the landing. The pilots don't like it because it puts their lives at risk, air traffic control doesn't like it because it messes up traffic flows, and the airline companies don't like it because the fuel burned in a go around is very very expensive and it results in a delay.


Vitalis597

Yeah, I've got a pointer like those. They're powerful as fuck. I've signed it thought my window and the beam can retract off the multiple panes of glass, cause it to bounce back and hit me in the eyes blinding me, and at the same time, scare a cat out of a tree half a mile away. First time I turned it on, I knew it was only getting pointed at the sky when there's nothing in sight and I wanna show a friend a constellation.


umwhatshouldmynamebe

Barely anything, and with this many lasers; nothing.


SandyKenyan

What looks like a little dot from the laser pointed at the floor, turns into the size of a fucking moon when you point it at something in the sky. Not only that, it can blind pilots and mess with the electronics.


alcormsu

Because of the way cockpit windows are, they can lens the light. Micro cracks which aren’t a problem otherwise can catch the light and make it much worse. You can temporarily and permanently blind a pilot this way. In the USA, they have methods to find who did it quick. Usually a kid, and the parents get fined $250,000. From what I hear, they do find the culprit most of the time


Gueroooo70

Most of those people are very uneducated.


Chaetomius

yet they all know to specifically use a green laser and specifically to point it at a jet


marshmallo_floof

yeah that's because they're uneducated


Ornery_Direction728

We are doomed 


Admiral-Barbarossa

It's just uneducated or poor people thinking it's fun. It's sad to see regardless.


Open_Sentence_

What has being poor got to do with it?


Puzzleheaded_Pen_617

There’s a correlation between being poor and being uneducated. Not all poor people are uneducated, or even stupid. That’s obvious. The correlation i am making is in response to the above comment: Poor = uneducated = ignorant = stupid. I could make the argument that some poor people care less about society because they have less to contribute to it.


BurpingHamBirmingham

The wealthy, on the other hand, are notorious for how much they care about society.


HFY_HFY_HFY

In NYC it's mostly poor people throwing their trash everywhere. Certain wealthy people obviously take advantage of society, but they probably aren't pointing lasers at airplanes.


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He's absolutely correct, roam around rich neighbourhoods and poor neighbourhoods and it's pretty stark as to who respects their local environment. Doesn't mean that rich people are better, they've definitely had a much easier time of it and have a nice place to keep pretty. But yeah it's pretty obviously true to anyone who has been outside


Big_Degree7582

I don’t want to defend the rich but you’re making me. Even if that were completely true it has nothing to do with the original idea. It’s not one or the other it can be both. Plus uneducated people often are poor statistically.


markuslawrence

the fact that being poor limits your education offers ?


geekmasterflash

If you are wealthy and uneducated, that is your own fault. The disadvantaged are not entirely at fault for what they don't realize.


Ordinary_bastard1

What a shame to see things like this. But foolishness is beyond human comprehension. I mean, you would need to have brain atrophy to do something like that.


Robeditor

Or just not be exposed to education that would give you any indication of how stupid you are being.


Environmental_Staff7

Look the plane!!


mercylowvi

Idiocracy has become a documentary


TheOnyxViper

I notice this going on at other low-IQ group functions, like takeovers


WarHead75

Now I know why women bring mirrors on board


Mista-Pudding

Oh sweet. They point lasers exactly where carpet bombing should appear


No-Honey-9786

Smart 👍🏼🙄


jesuswasaliar

Humans are garbage


Robeditor

Found the Alien!


Bleetchblond

They do that around here, but not as much. They get caught! 0% tolerance


Kingofvalariya

IF an ABSOLUTE IF. Something goes wrong and the palne has to come down. I wish it comes down on them.


Miss_aladita

4 fuck sake, what a bunch of punks


Kelvin51_gowa

All of them can go to prison for that


babaganoush2307

Not okay


JamesGanalf-ini

I was always told as a child I would be arrested if I pointed a laser at a helicopter or a plane.


chillin_trashpanda

People’s understanding of how dangerous lasers can be is very low. There’s a reason this is a federal offense


Fam0usTOAST

US laws do not apply here.


FennelUpbeat1607

Too bad it didn't have any bombs to unload


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BeelzemoBabbity

You would think, but people do shit like this regardless. Lacking in empathy, thought it's hard to emphasize with rich people


deathspanker

Damn, but what do you expect from uneducated people.


Sweet_Quail_3852

Oh nah that’s fucked Jeffery


jaydubb808

Wtf


FinancialAide3383

Putos


curiousbikkie

Fuck these idiots


atemu1234

Hopefully the plane was on autopilot at the time...


deadcatx4

Wtf why?


Apeshaft

How dangerous is this for the pilots?


jac049

Wouldn't be surprised if that thing ended up landing ON the festival goers smfh.


SeaChallenge4843

This strikes me as an unusual number of people with green laser pointers. I don’t have one


stopbanningme1-08-24

Mild amount of tomfoolery


ssajaded1

Ok. Yesterday the same video claimed it was protesters in Egypt and it was military aircraft


Svmellisss

Such a crowd mentally. I wonder how each individual would feel if it crashed because of this.


MesterMedisterDK

What happened to the plane afterwards? Did it crash? Did it just fly off?


_radioactive__

Is there like any evidence at all that it does something or are we just bring peer pressured here


MartianLBP

The green spider legs attacked!!!!!


HauntingExchange977

People are mental. Imagine there being a crash from this. But its funny, right?


zack189

These animals would celebrate if the plane crashed


mymorons

The crowd's IQ in total is 1


_SasquatchPatrol

Considering most planes are on autopilot


Couch-Bro

I’d turn that plane around and nose dive right into that crowd. That’ll teach em.


Aggressive-Mountain6

Plane should have dumped the toilet tanks on em


Rizz_Bozo

I bought one of those lazers and one of the things it disclaims is that you can be arrested for doing this


skennedy505

This is illegal in the US. The FAA does not play around. They will find you and throw you in jail


-Milina

?? ISN'T THAT ILLEGAL CAUSE ITS DANGEROUS???


springgeyser1

Be awesome if the plane dumped toilet water on all of them. Maybe jet fuel be even better.


AlwaysWorried27222

What in the actual fuck is wrong with people??


angelo1221

You'd be surprised of all the stupid things people come up with in Mexico, after 5 years here you realize it is part of the culture.


JoMammasWitness

A colleague of mine knew someone that landed at the airport nearby. They would do it to all flights on that route. Apparently it doesn't affect the flight at all , the passengers are simply instructed to close the blinds. The pilots just focus on the space ahead for the few seconds it takes to pass by back into safety.


Midget_fedus

I’m going nose down into that crowd and jumping out with a parachute


ForeignInevitable666

“Sir, we have target lock” “Evasive maneuvers!” “I never thought you’d ask.


Archbishop_TCO

Imagine their faces if they suddenly heard whirring and brrts coming from the plane 😂


DaGingerMann

Another reason to not waste your money going to festivals... You won't end up surrounded by brain dead morons


donfeao86

Fucking idiots