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Idiots with drones have shut down the UK’s second largest airport

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Gatwick airport, the UK’s second largest airport, was closed for most of Wednesday night and Thursday morning after it received reports of two drones flying nearby, reports The Guardian . The airport initially had its flights suspended at 9PM on Wednesday evening after the drones were spotted, and although it briefly reopened at 3am, it was forced to close once more 45 minutes later after the drone flights resumed. As of 9:15AM , Thursday morning, flights to and from the airport remained suspended. As well as preventing any flights from taking off, the suspension means that numerous inbound flights had to be diverted to other London-area airports including Luton, Heathrow and Stansted, while other flights were forced to land in Paris and… Continue reading… source https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18149819/london-gatwick-airport-drone-shutdown-reports from Blogger http://leadhackerdigital.blogspot.com/2018/12/idiots-with-drones-have-shut-down-uks.html The post Idiots with drones...

Idiots with drones have shut down the UK’s second largest airport

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Gatwick airport, the UK’s second largest airport, was closed for most of Wednesday night and Thursday morning after it received reports of two drones flying nearby, reports The Guardian . The airport initially had its flights suspended at 9PM on Wednesday evening after the drones were spotted, and although it briefly reopened at 3am, it was forced to close once more 45 minutes later after the drone flights resumed. As of 9:15AM , Thursday morning, flights to and from the airport remained suspended. As well as preventing any flights from taking off, the suspension means that numerous inbound flights had to be diverted to other London-area airports including Luton, Heathrow and Stansted, while other flights were forced to land in Paris and… Continue reading… source https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18149819/london-gatwick-airport-drone-shutdown-reports from Blogger http://leadhackerdigital.blogspot.com/2018/12/idiots-with-drones-have-shut-down-uks.html The post Idiots with drones...