# Drone carrying drugs crashes into a prison yard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646 "2014-06-25T21:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/1 "2014-06-25T21:08:00Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/drone-crashes-dublin-prison-193037514.html;\_ylt=AwrBEiEqJqtTPT8ABk\_QtDMD](http://news.yahoo.com/drone-crashes-dublin-prison-193037514.html;_ylt=AwrBEiEqJqtTPT8ABk_QtDMD) Wow! What a great idea for a movie. I wonder who would make the money for the original idea? Alternatively, if I wrote a story or book about this and sold it to a film maker, could anyone sue me for stealing their idea? To make a good movie, you would, of course, need to include someone’s hot girl friend and maybe a drunk drone designer or pilot (a pilot who operated from the ground, of course). Also, you’d need a good back story about why someone needs the money to do something like this. Seems to me, it could make for a real good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/2 "2014-06-25T22:36:09Z")
Okay, the first thing that came to my mind was that scene in **Animal House** in which a cheerleader is catapulted into a boy’s bedroom and he shouts, “Thank You, God!” ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/3 "2014-06-26T03:06:26Z")
Same thing happened here in Thailand last year, but they used a largish R/C helicopter for the delivery. It also crashed but outside the prison. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/4 "2014-06-27T03:29:12Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Same thing happened here in Thailand last year, but they used a largish R/C helicopter for the delivery. It also crashed but outside the prison. They’ve also floated them over the walls via balloon. And I think I’ve heard of a case in which a bird was used. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/5 "2014-06-27T11:49:00Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They’ve also floated them over the walls via balloon. And I think I’ve heard of a case in which a bird was used. I’m surprised they haven’t tried one of those big-ass bang fai rockets yet. That may qualify as a prison break attempt though, as in actually _breaking_ the prison. For those left wondering what a bang fai looks like see [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1GdIwF92XU). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/6 "2014-06-27T15:34:10Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I’m surprised they haven’t tried one of those big-ass bang fai rockets yet. That may qualify as a prison break attempt though, as in actually _breaking_ the prison. > > For those left wondering what a bang fai looks like see [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1GdIwF92XU). Those things have come close to hitting aircraft sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/7 "2014-06-27T21:55:28Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > For those left wondering what a bang fai looks like see [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1GdIwF92XU). That doesn’t look entirely safe to me. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/8 "2014-06-28T01:12:16Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > That doesn’t look entirely safe to me. Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/9 "2014-06-28T01:28:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Those things have come close to hitting aircraft sometimes. Aircraft or satellites? It looks like really huge bottle rocket to me. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/10 "2014-06-28T01:29:45Z")
People have been known to blow themselves up with these. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/11 "2014-06-28T06:13:53Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > That doesn’t look entirely safe to me. Nonsense, they are surely wearing their protective amulets and tied up the 400 kilogram rocket with duct tape to the tower, what could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/12 "2014-06-28T13:51:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > People have been known to blow themselves up with these. Every fireworks display needs some music. How about… Carpenters? \*"Why do stars explode in the sky, (in the sky) ev’ry time ( ev’ry time ) you float by? (you float by) Just like me, they long to see, bits of yooooou…"\* “Henry, they got your shirt…” “Damn birds…!” \*\*"Waaaaaaaaaaaaa! A-ha A-ha! Bits of _Yoooooou…!_"\*\* ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/13 "2014-06-28T16:01:55Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > … [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1GdIwF92XU). Holy shit! How high up did that thing go? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/14 "2014-06-28T16:08:43Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Nonsense, they are surely wearing their protective amulets and tied up the 400 kilogram rocket with duct tape to the tower, what could possibly go wrong? I saw someone with an umbrella. It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/15 "2014-06-29T02:22:41Z")
More on the rocket festival in Thailand [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Festival). It’s a phenomenon of northeastern Thailand, and Yasothon province is the site of the big, bad-ass one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/16 "2014-06-29T03:04:24Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > That doesn’t look entirely safe to me. Several people have been hospitalized just from watching the video. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/17 "2014-06-29T03:13:18Z")
A longer [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FG_SIHp-CY) of the rocket festival with multiple launches. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/18 "2014-06-29T03:22:08Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They’ve also floated them over the walls via balloon. And I think I’ve heard of a case in which a bird was used. Honestly, I think that what surprises me most is that it took this long. Soon the guards are going to have to go to skeet-shooting classes on their days off to be able to shoot down all of the drug delivery, reconnaissance, and shiv-tipped assassin drones that people will send over the walls. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/19 "2014-06-29T04:23:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A longer [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FG_SIHp-CY) of the rocket festival with multiple launches. I wonder, does the US navy get NOTAMS about that happening. I can see someone getting antsy on one of the Aegis cruisers when a lot of somethings about the size of a patriot missile start lighting off. Declan ---
**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646/20 "2014-06-29T12:28:39Z")
I wonder how many flights it made before it crashed? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drone-carrying-drugs-crashes-into-a-prison-yard/691646.md?page=2)