Imposter Tower Controller causing flights at YMML/MEL to execute Go Arounds

The perp needs to be turned into dingo food.

On the plus side, at least this moron was giving out the least dangerous instruction he possibly could. A clearance to land naturally includes space for a go-around, so if this kind of problem had to happen, at least this one starts off safer than others.

Imagine what would happen if a "rogue radio" started issuing vectors.

That's scary stuff. Hope this person gets a severe punishment.

I hate the fact they call it a "hack" - it's merely an interference with. A "hack" makes it seem like the plane itself had been taken over.

Though this person(s) may have done so for joy, they may have stirred the pot and have given would be terrorists another weapon. When they catch this person(s), they should throw the full might of the law at them.

Although rare, this is, unfortunately, not the first recorded instance. I can recall faux ATC communication incidents in England and in the U.S.A. over the past two decades.

MEL will have to counter this with using female controllers (like WWII Code Talkers)on the frequencies at risk and using alternative frequencies relayed to aircraft prior to switching for approach. Scrambling transmissions is not practical as the aircraft would not be equipped to decode.

Use him then for crocodile food, the perp would make a nice snack.

I've always wondered when someone would get around to doing this. Just get a handheld and away you go.

Terrifying.

que peligro hay que encontrarlo y encarcelarlo por poner vidas en riesgo.!!!!

I would suspect anyone posting youtube videos of those go-arounds.

wow everyone's n the same page for once...we all agree...rip his tongue out

One crazy can cause a mountain, no, a volcano of aftershocks. This will undoubtedly bring about new laws concerning radio sales. They will need one more government unit (maybe within the FCC) to oversee this. Maybe 100 agents or more. Those people will need supervisors to report to and office space. You see where this is going, don't you?

Krikies!

I suggest letting Pratt & Whitney, GE, and RR, put him to work as 'cannon fodder' on their engine test bed platform!

Fast track CPDLC for domestic use like we use across the tracks. Problem solved.

When caught not up to 20 years pass a law saying mandatory 20 years

Where have you seen YouTube videos Victor?

It would have to be someone with procedural knowledge otherwise the aircrew would pick it up. Perhaps issue authentication cards between ATC/aircrew. Maybe an ex ATC with a grudge?

Let's get this right, it's not 'someone with a rogue radio....' it is 'a rouge with a radio.....'. We all know a radio is an inanimate object so it's not the radio that is a rogue, it's the 'someone' who is the rogue.

I hate it when journalists/reporters don't put the inference of blame on the human being, way too PC!

Maybe airport security and other staffer's don't like people with Scanners at their airport. So have someone play silly buggers and that gives them grounds to have scanners at the airport, band.

This happened in Southern California in the 1980's only this moron was on the approach control frequencies giving Airliners and IFR traffic radar vectors. After a couple of months he disappeared. Thank God he didn't send someone into a mountain. The minute you got on the frequency the controller would warn you about it so you have to be careful. I would have loved to have found him myself and choaked the hell out of him. He endangered me, my family, and hundreds pf travelers.