The Women's Food and Farming Union has submitted a report to an EU committee on product safety. Its president, Helen Bower, said: "We hope people see sense and they are banned.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency says coastguards and lifeboats are sent out needlessly. In 2010 the agency recorded 1,500 flare incidents, of which 500 were believed to be false alarms caused by lanterns, while the CAA says they also pose danger to landing aircraft.
Crops are also at risk; last summer in Oxfordshire, a blaze from a lantern destroyed 2.5 hectares of barley. Litter is also a problem, said the NFU: "The people releasing lanterns wouldn't dream of dumping rubbish, but that's what is happening."
Civil Aviation Authority wants a ban on the sale of the sky lanterns, which are paper and wire hot air balloons fuelled by a naked flame. "People have no control where they land," said Nick von Westenholz, government affairs adviser for the NFU. Dorset and Somerset fire service said it had seen a sharp increase in lantern fires in the past year. Farmers say cows suffer stomach damage from eating the wire of fallen lanterns.
Wow! These things are just the right stuff for (re)fresh(ingly) shocking-secret UFO-cases! This way press *AND* UK MOD are kept busy for years. And the everyday UFO-destiny-business can go on.
The Women's Food and Farming Union has submitted a report to an EU committee on product safety. Its president, Helen Bower, said: "We hope people see sense and they are banned.
james58390 1 year ago
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency says coastguards and lifeboats are sent out needlessly. In 2010 the agency recorded 1,500 flare incidents, of which 500 were believed to be false alarms caused by lanterns, while the CAA says they also pose danger to landing aircraft.
james58390 1 year ago
Crops are also at risk; last summer in Oxfordshire, a blaze from a lantern destroyed 2.5 hectares of barley. Litter is also a problem, said the NFU: "The people releasing lanterns wouldn't dream of dumping rubbish, but that's what is happening."
james58390 1 year ago
Civil Aviation Authority wants a ban on the sale of the sky lanterns, which are paper and wire hot air balloons fuelled by a naked flame. "People have no control where they land," said Nick von Westenholz, government affairs adviser for the NFU. Dorset and Somerset fire service said it had seen a sharp increase in lantern fires in the past year. Farmers say cows suffer stomach damage from eating the wire of fallen lanterns.
james58390 1 year ago
hey guys we are getting married in bali also could you tell me where you got your lanterns from ty heaps kris and sarah
frenchy0809 2 years ago
Wow! These things are just the right stuff for (re)fresh(ingly) shocking-secret UFO-cases! This way press *AND* UK MOD are kept busy for years. And the everyday UFO-destiny-business can go on.
;-))
sacha4you 2 years ago
Glad to hear it! Long live the ufo enthusiasts
wishlantern 2 years ago