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)
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:34PM (2 children)
You mean over the jet intakes? I suppose it could help, but I think these things can easily damage other parts of the aircraft too if they hit those. I suppose you could start putting metal cages over the windshields and flaps and other vulnerable areas. It would certainly look a bit different!
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(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday December 22 2018, @04:56PM
Sorry yes, that little detail didn't make it from brain to fingers during composition :-)
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday December 23 2018, @06:06AM
Metal in jet intakes can destroy an aircraft. The rest just creates a repair bill.