Tracking thieves

@bhbirdie6 (1765)
United States
October 26, 2006 8:56pm CST
AVweb, a weekly aviation news letter, reported that a bungling burglar broke into a Mooney aircraft at the Knox County, Ohio airport and removed its avionics system, including the Emergency Locating Transmitter or ELT. This device sends homing signals if the aircraft crashes. You can guess what happened next. The ham-handed crook jarred the ELT enough to activate it, and authorities had no trouble tracking the perpetrator to his lair.
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crazymom
@crazymom (579)
• United States
27 Oct 06
How stupid can a person get?? ha ha
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cuddlebug79705
@cuddlebug79705 (2003)
• United States
27 Oct 06
What was he thinking?? Thanks for sharing!
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sbeauty
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
31 Oct 06
I love reading the books about how stupid some crooks are. Most of us don't have the ability to create a perfect crime, even if we wanted to. And some people are just born losers.
macubx
@macubx (11414)
• Philippines
3 Nov 06
silly robbers, stealing a tracking device.. hmmm...
timou87
@timou87 (1638)
• Singapore
5 Nov 06
Haha goodness can't believe such crroks actually want to try such a heist.
sirensanssmile
@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
1 Nov 06
HA HA That is funny. It is another prime example of stupid criminals. I love these stories.
Danniet
@Danniet (376)
• United States
30 Oct 06
LOL! Thanks for sharing.
saphire539
@saphire539 (1639)
• United States
28 Oct 06
oh goodness thanks for sharing your story with us.