Aerial Problem

31 October 2009

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A British schoolboy's bedroom was raided after his $25 TV aerial interfered with planes landing.

Nickie Chamberlain was shocked when Government officials arrived at his house and confiscated the aerial because it was interfering with air traffic control at the local airport.

The 12-year-old schoolboy had used the booster device to watch programmes on his 14-inch television, but an official then claimed the device was interfering with plane signals at Luton Airport in London.

When I found out what happened I was upset because I couldn't watch cartoons or the television for a while - but it's better than causing a plane crash.

The faulty aerial was reportedly transmitting on the same frequency as the cockpit radios.

Nickie said he was shocked to have caused so much trouble.

He said: "When I found out what happened I was upset because I couldn't watch cartoons or the television for a while - but it's better than causing a plane crash."

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