Gatwick Ops Disturbed by Drones

[Bruce Gorrell]

Does no one in London have a jammer?

[Ralph Jones]

One of the articles showed a picture of some official dudes (Army? Police? Security? Dunno) making tentative plans to shoot it down. The way one of them was holding his weapon, he's probably blown his foot off by now...

[Jeff Hartmann]

Sounds like a job for Rnady's 12 barrel double gauge...

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Gatwick still closed, no end in sight, the British army has been called out.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

From the WSJ: "LONDON—More than 100 flights at one of Europe’s busiest airports were grounded Thursday by drone operations that authorities say were a deliberate attempt to disrupt travel.

"Police and military forces were involved in the response, Britain’s aviation minister Liz Sugg said. Sussex police said the drones were of an “industrial specification,” rather than a toy or amateur unmanned aircraft.
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"The drone flights near the airport began late Wednesday and continued into Thursday, the airport operator said. Some flights, including to the U.S., were grounded and others diverted to land at other airports, stranding, diverting or delaying tens of thousands of passengers in the run-up to the busy holiday travel period."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-bound-flights-from-major-u-k-airport-grounded-over-drone-fears-11545295342?shareToken=st2f4cc409c7d74c93ad48d4f7267dd0a3&ref=article_email_share