Re: Rockets fired at aircraft
I was working on the evening of the incident referred to in the original post. For the idiot to suggest that he was not directly targeting aircraft is a complete fabrication. The traffic at the time varied from reasonably busy periods to quite quiet. There were no fireworks launched at times when there was nothing on final approach. However the majority of landing aircraft were greeted with not just one but three or four rockets around their path.
Not that it would justify it but the first thought was that it must be young kids, who didnt know the seriousness of the situation. To find out the guy was 20 just beggers belief.