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The Army has deployed "specialist equipment" to Gatwick Airport as the travel chaos caused by drone activity shows no sign of abating. Tens of thousands of passengers on several airlines have been disrupted by drones flying over the airport. In a tweet, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson had confirmed the military deployment.
He said: "The armed forces have a range of unique capabilities and this isn't something we would usually deploy but we are there to assist and do everything we can so that they are in a position to open the airport at the earliest opportunity."
Gatwick's runway has been shut since Wednesday night because devices have been repeatedly flown over the airfield.
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Updates:
Shooting down a drone which has caused chaos at Gatwick Airport is a "tactical option" being considered by police. The measure had previously been ruled out by Sussex Police, which cited concerns over "stray bullets". But with the airport expected to remain closed on Friday, Det Ch Supt Jason Tingley said the force would "do what we can to take that drone out of the sky".
Gatwick runway reopens after disruption
A Gatwick spokesperson said: "Gatwick's runway is currently available and a limited number of aircraft are scheduled for departure and arrival. Gatwick continues to advise passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport as departures and arrivals will be subject to delays and cancellations."
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 21 2018, @06:59PM
No citation needed.
Very few airports are new construction in 2018 (most were built circa 1950-1970 or so).
2018-1950 = 68 years
2018-1970 = 48 years
The far extreme (1950) is beginning to get close to the average human lifespan, therefore some larger percentage of folks who have lived in the same house, next to the airport, for 68 years have now passed away.
The near extreme (1970) is at a point that many of those folks will still be alive in 2018. But, they would also have had to remain in the same house for 48 years straight now (which will remove from consideration some folks, as they will have moved in the intervening 48 years).
So, therefore, some number of residents near airports have moved in after the airport was operational. Exactly what that percentage is we can't estimate just from the dates (but for a specific area, locality real-estate sales records would indicate who was a resident pre-airport vs. who bought a property after the airport was operational.
For those residents that bought a property after the airport was operational, their complaints should simply be met with: "you knew it was there when you bought, if you don't like it, then move elsewhere".
The only residents for which a complaint should be listened to are those who bought property before the airport was operational, and remain in that property (which as shown above, will be something less than 100% but likely more than 0%).
Now, for areas that have had new flight paths added, which previously did not have flight paths overhead, the same rules should still apply. If you have owned the property since before the flight path change, then you get to complain. If you bought after the flight path change, well, tough luck to you, you should have thought about this before buying.