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Two People Arrested for Gatwick Airport Drone Incident

posted by takyon on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the gotta-catch-'em-all dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Two arrested after drones delay flights and force cancellations at Gatwick Airport

UK police say they have made two arrests in connection with criminal drone activity at Gatwick Airport, and urged the public and passengers around the airport to remain vigilant. Britain's second-largest airport reopened on Friday after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for more than 100,000 Christmas travellers by using drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. [...] The defence ministry refused to comment on what technology was deployed, but drone experts said airports needed to deploy specialist radar reinforced by thermal imaging technology to detect such unmanned flying vehicles.

See also: Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption

A 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, from Crawley, were arrested in the town at about 22:00 GMT on Friday.

Previously: Army Called in Amid UK Drone Chaos (Updated)

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  • (Score: 2) by mrpg on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:28PM (7 children)

    by mrpg (5708) Subscriber Badge <{mrpg} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:28PM (#777555) Homepage

    I was expecting 17 years olds.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:39PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:39PM (#777559) Journal

    The holiday season brings out the inner child.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Nuke on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:49PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:49PM (#777562)

    They are from Crawley which is the nearest town. I suspect it might be about issues with the airport - aircraft noise or disgruntled employees?

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:53PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:53PM (#777564) Journal

    Same here. This is more the kind of thing you expect from 15 to maybe 30 years of age. One near 50, the other over 50?

    One thing we can be certain of: They will not be dealt with harshly enough.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:37AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:37AM (#777788)

      Flog them with a CAT7 cable?
      Ban them from FaceBook?
      Force them to only use Google services and devices forever?

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 23 2018, @02:56PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 23 2018, @02:56PM (#777821) Journal

        I can go with the flogging. I do believe in capital punishment, after all. But, you might want something more substantial than a CAT7. Maybe a nice SO cord, four conductor, about size 12? About 10 ft of cord should work nicely. Strip the outer insulation about 9 inches or so, then strip the individual conductors about 6 inches. Those frayed conductors should work much as a CAT o'9.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 22 2018, @05:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 22 2018, @05:29PM (#777581)

    Assuming the narrative hasn't changed much since I last looked, very few 17 y.o. can afford a commercial drone of the type they were intimating was involved, even on the used market they`re still a bit on the expensive side...

    This one is definitely interesting, I forsee much popcorn munching over the next couple of months as the story and reactions evolve.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday December 22 2018, @08:38PM

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday December 22 2018, @08:38PM (#777647) Journal

    The Made in Italy part of my AI says somebody smells a good business opportunity for anti drone tech at airports, so hires two middle aged poor expendables to cause trouble in the busiest part of the year.

    Advanced stage of capitalism: corrupt to create demand, corrupt to sell offer.

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