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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.

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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 Runaway1956 on Sunday December 23 2018, @03:34PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 23 2018, @03:34PM (#777835) Journal

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/ [telegraph.co.uk]

    Gatwick drone: Arrested couple are released without charge - as £50k reward is offered to catch culprit

    Martin Evans, CRIME CORRESPONDENT Izzy Lyons Charles Hymas

    23 December 2018 • 12:53pm

    The couple arrested in connection with the drone attack at Gatwick airport have been released without charge.

    The news came as Gatwick Airport offered a reward of £50,000 for information leading to the capture of those responsible.

    Paul Gait, 47, and his wife Elaine Kirk, 54, were detained on Friday night on suspicion of flying a drone above Britain's second busiest airport.

    The couple were held for questioning for almost 36 hours, but sources told the Telegraph they had been released without charge.

    Giving a statement on behalf of the couple, Gemma Allard said: “Paul Gait and Elaine Kirk have been released without charge and no further enquiries are pending.

    “They have been in custody for over over 36 hours and we would ask that their privacy, and their family and friends’, is respected at this time.

    “No further comment will be made by the couple today and they are liaising with police regarding a press conference tomorrow but this is yet to be confirmed.”

    Friends, colleagues and family of Mr Gait, who is a drone enthusiast, had insisted he could not be responsible for the incident as he had been at work throughout much of the disruption.

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