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

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: 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.

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