nifer Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 Thumping dance music shocks pilots May 03 2005 at 10:58AMLondon - British police have moved to swiftly shut down a pirate radio station after pilots complained that thumping dance music was drowning out instructions from air traffic controllers as they landed at a nearby airport, a report said on Tuesday.Pilots landing passenger jets at Birmingham airport in central England reported hearing loud bursts of "garage", a cutting-edged form of dance music characterised by frantic beats and prominent, repetitive baselines.Police, along with officers from government communications watchdog Ofcom, traced the rogue signal to a pirate radio station transmitter attached to the top of a city centre tower block, the Guardian newspaper reported.The pirate station's studio and the DJ playing the offending tracks were thought to be based nearby, but had yet to be found."This is not just some guys having a bit of fun and trying to get their break in radio," an Ofcom spokesperson said."This has the potential to cause massive problems for essential services."However, a spokesperson for National Air Traffic Services said no flights had ever been put in danger."These were short bursts of interference which did not upset our operations or instructions to pilots," she said."It did not threaten safety because we have got safety procedures in place and we can switch to other frequencies if we have to. We did not need to in this case." - Sapa-AFP http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=qw1115096583506B216&set_id=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siceone Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Garage is CRAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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