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LONDON — More than a week after somebody (or somebodies) with a drone (or drones) shut down a major airport and ruined the travel plans of tens of thousands of people, the British police had little to offer on Thursday except warnings about how little they had to offer. “You …

US airports may be just as vulnerable as London’s Gatwick airport to the kind of illegal drone incursions that shut down the UK’s second-busiest hub this week. Counter-drone technology performed so poorly in US government tests in recent years that the systems couldn’t reliably identify rogue unmanned aircraft, casting doubts …

Passengers wait for flights at Gatwick Airport Friday. (John Stillwell/PA via AP) LONDON – London’s Gatwick Airport was operating without problems Sunday, but the fugitive drone operators who brought incoming and outgoing flights to a standstill over multiple days remained at large — and a potential threat — after police …

(Corrects paragraph 7 to show last time drone seen was Thursday not Friday) * Gatwick reopens after 36 hours of chaos * 700 flights to take off on Friday * Drone operators not yet detained * Army and police snipers hunt rogue drones * Pilots union concerned at risk of …

One of the UK’s biggest airports is entering its third day of complete shutdown due to repeated drone sightings as police and security services struggle to catch the perpetrators — affecting more than 110,000 passengers during the busiest travel period of the year. London’s Gatwick Airport has been closed since …

The army has been called in to help with the ongoing crisis at Gatwick airport, where drones flying near the runway have kept planes grounded for over 12 hours. The airport has been closed since Wednesday night, when the devices were repeatedly flown over the airfield in what police and …