Gatwick airport in London still closed

[roadmaster]

Reports of up to 4 drones active in the vicinity.50 airplanes have been diverted from the London


First reported here https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ntent=business

Been closed for 3 hours now for outgoing and incoming.

[Peter1469]

Interested to find out who is controlling the drones.

[roadmaster]

They still have helicopters searching.

[roadmaster]

Well been closed for 24 hours now, the police are considering shooting down the drones just a while ago.

[jigglepete]

Interestingly enough, my brother in law was on his evening jog (across London Bridge) and there was a massive drone display creating a Christmas tree and a reindeer, maybe some of them went rogue after the display?

[Peter1469]

Well been closed for 24 hours now, the police are considering shooting down the drones just a while ago.

That should have been option 1.

[Beevee]

That should have been option 1.

The police are unarmed.
C019 would do it.

[roadmaster]

They had to shut it down again today but have arrested two people.

UK police say two people have been arrested for suspected “criminal use of drones” in the Gatwick Airport case.
Sussex police said early Saturday morning the two arrests were made at around 10 p.m. Friday night.
Police did not release the age or gender of the two suspects and did not say where the arrests were made. The two have not been charged.
Police have been searching for the drone operators since drones first appeared above the busy airport south of central London on Wednesday evening.
Tens of thousands of travelers were stranded or delayed by the prolonged shutdown of the airport due to safety concerns.
Flights resumed Friday morning except for a 70-minute hiatus when they were shut down after a drone was spotted Friday evening.

[Peter1469]

It is really hard to advocate for self-governance when there are stupid people out there- like the drone pilot at an airport.

[Peter1469]

The "news" says that two $#@!heads were arrested in connection with the drone play at the Gatwick airport.

The man and woman, aged 47 and 54 from Crawley, were held by cops on Friday night after another day of travel chaos caused by suspected eco-warriors.

Eco-warriors. That is funny.