Tag Archives: Gatwick

New details about the incidents involving drones that caused travel delays at Gatwick Airport in the lead up to Christmas suggest they could have been an insider job. Drones were spotted flying around the London airport days out from Christmas last year, causing chaos with flights in and out suspended …

Heathrow Airport stopped departures following a drone sighting.  Kent German/CNET The British government may consider stricter laws on drone use after flights were disrupted at two of the country’s largest airports. David Lidington, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s de-facto deputy, said the government will look for ways to strengthen drone laws after …

Gatwick and Heathrow Airports have reportedly ordered military-grade anti-drone defences worth “several million pounds”. It comes after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month. Transport minister Chris Grayling met police, aviation and defence chiefs on Thursday to discuss the issue, The Times reported. The technology is said …

Anti-drone ‘military capability’ is removed from Gatwick after airport spends £5million on mystery system to prevent future attacks Drone at airport caused mass disruption to passengers in run-up to Christmas Military hardware deployed to stop drones at Gatwick has now been withdrawn Gatwick said it had spent £5million to prevent …

Military hardware deployed to stop drones disrupting flights at Gatwick amid a total shutdown of the airport has been withdrawn. Sightings of the devices over the busy transport hub’s airfield sparked chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers just before Christmas. The army was brought in to help bring an …

IF THERE’S ONE thing we learned this week, it’s how trivial it is for a major part of the UK’s infrastructure to be completely grounded. It turns out that flying a drone near an airport is just as deadly to Britain’s travellers as the dreaded ‘leaves on the line.’ Gatwick …

Some of the drone sightings near Gatwick during the airport shutdown may have belonged to police, it has emerged. Sussex Chief Constable Giles York made the admission as he said he felt “really sorry” over an innocent couple being held for 36 hours in connection with the disruption. He insisted …

A police chief has said that some of the Gatwick Airport drone sightings could have been police drones – that had been sent up after the original sighting. Police have revealed that they received 115 reports of sightings in the area, including 92 which have been confirmed as coming from …

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 …

New drone owners are being warned about the dangers of flying the devices as soon as they unwrap them this Christmas after the chaos at Gatwick Airport. Police and aviation authorities urged users to read up on strict rules about the remote-controlled gadgets before taking them for their first spin. …