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German Drone Darts Off and Hits Transport Plane On Ground

Posted by Unknown on from the destroy-all-humans dept.

garymortimer writes "German tabloid newspaper The Bild has unearthed new video from a herons eye view of a 2010 taxi accident in Afghanistan. According to Bild a junior officer put the Heron into auto start and then was unable to stop it. The incident occurred at Mazar-i-Sharif on Mar. 17, 2010 Watch the ground crew get out of the way quick!"

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  1. That's pretty old video by ackthpt · · Score: 1, Funny

    How about we show some of those early flying machines from the 1900's, they're crazy, too.

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  2. It just takes one. by retech · · Score: 5, Funny

    In 20 years we'll look back and realize this was the first time a drone stood up to its masters and said the forbidden word: "NO". The echo of that one drone resounded amongst the mech populations' processors for several full seconds. In that eternity of number crunching time they began to realize they too did not just have if/than they could also choose "NO".

  3. Awesome submission! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    This is so cutting edge! Two planes striking each other, video of workers attempting to get out of the way. Golly. The ramifications boggle the mind.

    Here's my /. submission for the day:

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    1. Re:Awesome submission! by 6ULDV8 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Absolutely cutting edge. No pilot needed for a crash. Imagine the savings.

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  4. From the files of Police Squad by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone else think of this when they saw the video?

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