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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @09:24AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @09:24AM (#777779)

    True, if you want to down a plane or do actual damage, you don't conspicuously buzz around a couple drones for hours on end. You have them sit hidden on the ground waiting for a plane to takeoff or land and then suddenly pop up unexpectedly.

    This has zero to do with terrorists and everything to do with some pissed off people trying to make some sort of political statement against the government.

  • (Score: 2) by Username on Sunday December 23 2018, @11:58AM (1 child)

    by Username (4557) on Sunday December 23 2018, @11:58AM (#777797)

    Pissed off people using violence or intimidation against civilians to make a political statement, is the definition of terrorism.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @03:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @03:11PM (#777825)

      Still there was no terror for one's life involved , How about a new word annoyists