{"id":22523,"date":"2016-12-01T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22523"},"modified":"2016-11-30T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T19:57:00","slug":"update-hoax-radio-transmissions-at-melbourne-and-avalon-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/update-hoax-radio-transmissions-at-melbourne-and-avalon-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Hoax Radio transmissions at Melbourne and Avalon airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22151\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22151\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22151\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg\" alt=\"The Melbourne Airport (Source: melbourneairport.com.au)\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport-624x349.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Melbourne Airport (Source: melbourneairport.com.au)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phil Brennan, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just a follow up from<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/hoax-radio-transmissions-at-melbourne-and-avalon-airports\/\"> last week&#8217;s story regarding hoax transmissions<\/a> on airline frequencies at Melbourne airports. An arrest has been made and, if found guilty, the person may face up to 20 years imprisonment. Heavy stuff. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.gov.au\/news-media\/media-releases\/man-charged-following-unauthorised-radio-transmissions-victorian-airports\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a link<\/a> to the Aust Federal Police media release:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Man charged following unauthorised radio transmissions at Victorian airports<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>This is a joint media release with Airservices Australia and the Australian Communications and Media Authority<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a 19-year-old Rockbank (Victorian) man with serious offences related to the alleged unlawful interference with air traffic control and endangering the safety of aircraft at two Victorian airports.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest follows an AFP-led investigation with the assistance of Airservices Australia, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and Victoria Police.<\/p>\n<p>Between 5 September 2016 and 3 November 2016, there were 16 separate unauthorised radio transmissions at Melbourne Airport and Avalon Airport causing interference with air traffic control.<\/p>\n<p>On 21 November 2016, the AFP arrested a man and subsequently charged him with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>four counts of endangering the safety of aircraft contrary to Section 25(2)(b) of the <em>Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 <\/em>(Cth); and<\/li>\n<li>one count of interference likely to endanger safety or cause loss or damage contrary to Section 194 of the <em>Radiocommunications Act 1992<\/em> (Cth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The man is scheduled to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates Court this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The AFP\u2019s head of Crime Operations, acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Sheehan said this arrest demonstrates how law enforcement takes the safety of the airline industry very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current security measures in place for the airline industry are robust, and the traveling public should be reassured we are treating this matter appropriately,\u201d acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Sheehan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese incidents were thoroughly investigated by the AFP with the technical support of Airservices and the ACMA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe offences this 19-year-old man faces carry a maximum penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFP also acknowledges the close working relationship with Qantas and Virgin Australia Group and the assistance provided particularly during the early stages of the investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Airservices said there is no current threat to the safety and security of the travelling public as a result of these alleged radio transmissions in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirservices worked closely with the AFP throughout this investigation to ensure the safety and security of the travelling public,\u201d Airservices Southern Operations Manager Steven Clarke said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirservices has appropriate procedures, processes and systems in place to ensure the safety of aviation operations at Melbourne and Avalon airports, and across the country and for the travelling public,\u201d Mr Clarke said.<\/p>\n<p>The ACMA uses a range of technologies and techniques to investigate and locate the sources of unauthorized or interfering transmissions across the radio frequency spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The ACMA reminds members of the public that making unauthorised transmissions may constitute a serious offence under the <em>Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.gov.au\/news-media\/media-releases\/man-charged-following-unauthorised-radio-transmissions-victorian-airports\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.afp.gov.au\/news-media\/media-releases\/man-charged-following-unauthorised-radio-transmissions-victorian-airports<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phil Brennan, who writes: Just a follow up from last week&#8217;s story regarding hoax transmissions on airline frequencies at Melbourne airports. An arrest has been made and, if found guilty, the person may face up to 20 years imprisonment. Heavy stuff. Here&#8217;s a link to the Aust Federal Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[5609,5608,4936],"class_list":["post-22523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","tag-airports","tag-atc","tag-aviation-monitoring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Rh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22149,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/hoax-radio-transmissions-at-melbourne-and-avalon-airports\/","url_meta":{"origin":22523,"position":0},"title":"Hoax Radio transmissions at Melbourne and Avalon airports","author":"Thomas","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phil Brennan, who writes: Your readers might be interested in this article from today's Guardian:\u00a0 Hoax radio transmission at Melbourne airport forces plane to abort landing Police are investigating 15 incidents of illegal radio transmissions with aircraft at Melbourne and Avalon airports, including hoax\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Melbourne Airport (Source: melbourneairport.com.au)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Melbourne-Airport.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6451,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/may-and-june-test-transmissions-from-pcj-radio-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":22523,"position":1},"title":"May and June test transmissions from PCJ Radio International","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"From May 19th until June 9th, 2013, PCJ Radio International will be conducting a number test transmissions from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. 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