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[WillyT]

FAA Implements Flight Restrictions over Mayflower Oil Spill
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: April 3, 2013

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MAYFLOWER, AR -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has placed flight restrictions on the airspace over the Mayflower oil spill.

According to FAA.gov, no pilots are to operate any aircraft over the area listing "Hazards" as the type of restriction.

The restrictions were issued shortly after 2:00 Monday afternoon, and are effective "until further notice," according to the website.

Click here to see details of the notice: http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_8699.html

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Link: http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=650762

[villager]

1. And people wonder, with a straight face, why we need Anonymous and Wikileaks!?

[pacalo]

4. Damn straight.

[malaise]

11. +1,000 n/t

[Logical]

19. Great Point! n-t

[sabrina 1]

21. Yes, you have wonder why they wonder. Imagine if we had an actual news

media? How difficult it would be for Corporations to do what they do and get away with it.

THEY understood that so they bought the media!

[Kurovski]

37. Some only pretend to wonder, prefering instead the status quo.

[uponit7771]

39. +1

[Newest Reality]

2. Time to pull out that well-worn

cliche once again: Move along folks! There's nothing to see here.

[Squinch]

3. Wow. It's 1984, and I'm young again!

[MineralMan]

5. Only below 1000 ft.

Above that, no problem.

[L0oniX]

6. Oil execs exempt of course. Not that they'd give a shit. n/t

[Pilotguy]

7. Not Quite Accurate...

The TFR or Temporary Flight Restriction says no pilot may operate an aircraft over the area described from the surface to 1,000 feet AGL (Above Ground Level). That's very different than implying pilots may not operate aircraft over the area.

[randome]

8. And there may be legitimate reasons for flyovers during the cleanup.

With camera technology today, a thousand feet is nothing. We can still get good pictures. Not that we need any more. It's a fucking mess there, we already know that.

[WillyT]

9. "We Know That"... Barely

And this... adds to that.

[randome]

14. You think they won't have helicopters ferrying cleanup equipment in and out?

It's reasonable to think so, which makes it prudent to restrict commercial airspace from the area.

And if you think I trust Exxon in any of this, you would be mistaken. I actually don't think this neighborhood will be able to recover. A good time to rescind all those tax breaks these companies get.

[George II]

26. Excellent point..........people here would be pissed to know that no pilot may operate an aircraft..

............below 1000 feet over ANY populated area or some other locations in the country. This includes Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, the White House, etc.

Much ado about nothing, too bad people here are so eager to be negative............as the saying goes, "ignorance is bliss", one wonders why so many DUers are so miserable.

[KoKo]

10. OFGS! Can this be FUCKING TRUE? I thought this was BUSH Stuff!

[George II]

27. "OFGS!" for sure....no, this isn't bush stuff, it's ROUTINE FAA stuff, and has been for decades.....

.....1000 feet is the lower limit for LOTS of areas of the country. It's for SAFETY reasons, no more and no less.

Obviously you've never flown an aircraft.

[intheflow]

33. Uh, no.

This is media suppression. If air space is safe for flight before a ground disaster, it's safe after. The FAA is part of the government, they could set up a mobile air traffic control on site to assure there were no disasters. It's SOP in war zones. This has far more to do with protecting Exxon than protecting private citizens.

[George II]

34. Read up on FAA regulations....

....it has nothing to do with "media suppression". The lower level of flight permissible over populated areas and areas that are going though unusual circumstances is 1000 feet, has been since at least the early 1970s when I first took my flying lessons.

To characterize it as anything other is uninformed and ignorant, plain and simple.

[CBGLuthier]

36. mobile control tower? When they are CLOSING towers across the nation?

They do not need a mobile control tower. They issued this restriction because that is how the air system works. Pilots are instructed where they can and can not fly and what altitudes they can do so in.

This has nothing to do with media suppression as anyone can fly over the area above 1,000 feet.

[progressoid]

12. Meh.

I've done aerial photography at over 1500 ft. It's not the best scenario, but it's doable. Certainly, one would rather shoot at 500ft (the usual limit for "non congested" areas, but 1000 ft isn't so bad. For a lot of cities, the limit is 1000 feet anyway.

[forestpath]

13. The Protect Corporate Interests administration rides to the rescue yet again.

[George II]

28. What does "corporate interests" have to do with it?

That's just a well-worn catchphrase of ignorance.

[zbdent]

15. Good ... then there will be no obstacles

for my unmanned recon drone taking pictures ...

[patrice]

16. So, if 1,000 feet doesn't really prevent info acquisition, why else might the FAA have done this?nt

[X_Digger]

29. To clear airspace for cleanup choppers.

The same reason cops use their cars and road flares to keep traffic away from a car wreck.

[patrice]

32. Thanks. nt

[George II]

30. 1000 feet is the limit in MANY areas of the country.................no ulterior motive.

[patrice]

31. Thanks. nt

[Cleita]

17. FAA.

It will join my growing list of corrupt agencies that don't protect USa anymore.

[Initech]

18. Move along nothing to see here!!!!!

[Volaris]

20. The "hazard" being reduction of Exxon's quarterly bottom line if too many proles see what's happenin

[SCVDem]

22. RC Helicopters with cameras

Works for Hollywood!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

23. Still loving this change I can believe in.

[JDPriestly]

24. Who owns the affected areas?

The state, a county, private individuals?

[jtuck004]

25. Acme Personal Drones, Inc. n/t

[spanone]

35. sounds like government cover for the oil fuckers to me

[Blue Owl]

38. For your SAFETY, of course