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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 Amsterdam. In total, 760 flights containing 110,000 passengers were due to either take off or land from Gatwick over the course of Thursday.
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Responding to the incident, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority said that “it is totally unacceptable to fly drones close to airports and anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including imprisonment.” Currently, the law states that flying within 1km(0.6 miles) of an airport is illegal in the UK without explicit permission, and if caught, the pilots of Gatwick’s drones could face up to five years in prison according to the Aviation Minister Baroness Sugg. Although drone users in the US have been required to register their drones since 2015, similar rules for UK owners aren’t due to come into effect until November 2019.

Source>> https://techcribs.com.ng/idiots-with-drones-have-shut-down-the-uks-second-largest-airport/

Thrash.couldn't the airforce be summoned to shoot down the gizmo.instead of suffering.over a 100000people and suspending business operations?

I wish this can be our problem in naija

Na only people wey don chop dey fly drone

ValCon888:
I wish this can be our problem in naija

Na only people wey don chop dey fly drone

How do I get a drone make i do my own for any airport for Nigeria?

ValCon888:
I wish this can be our problem in naija

Na only people wey don chop dey fly drone

Buy 2 plots of dry land in Badagry Lagos. Already fenced and gated. (secured property on purchase).
Pm me if interested.

So they couldn't control two tiny drones, they had to shut down airport activities for over 12 hours? Who is the idiot here now?

Hmmm

Reminds me of the movie 'Three Idiots'!



I blame Saraki for this.

kunleweb:
Thrash.couldn't the airforce be summoned to shoot down the gizmo.instead of suffering.over a 100000people and suspending business operations?

I tire for Oyinbo people ehn.
How you go shutdown airport because of just two drones.. Nawa o

What if Boko begin use drone drop bomb haa

Isoright

If na naija nobody go send am

They Shut down a whole Airport

And U call them idiots??

stop flying drones near airports and airfields , tgisbis costing aviation operators too much in losses , time and safety

kingzjay:
Reminds me of the movie 'Three Idiots'!


I blame Saraki for this.

Wetin dis one dey talk?

Its amazing how billions are invested in nuclear tech that may never be used but its flying parcel sized tech that will be causing major disruptions.
LOL

How possible is this? Drones can't take off at airports as it's a *no fly zone*. Mine couldn't lift when the corpse of Alex Ekwueme arrived ENUGU airport.

It's simple. Remotely hack into the drones using a Trojan and hijack their control terminals.

Crash them into a rock and everyone's fine.

The word "idiot" does not appear in the report itself.

kunleweb:
Thrash.couldn't the airforce be summoned to shoot down the gizmo.instead of suffering.over a 100000people and suspending business operations?

And if it turns out to be bombs ?

This might lead to a stiff law in the ownership of drones in the UK.

Jonathan:

And if it turns out to be bombs ?

Bombs indeed. It can be scanned. If uts bombd the more reason it should and can be attacked at high altitude

EbukaHades10:
How do I get a drone make i do my own for any airport for Nigeria?

Yinmu

Your drone go fly tire for air go rest for one corner because nobody go take am serious

kunleweb:


Bombs indeed. It can be scanned. If uts bombd the more reason it should and can be attacked at high altitude

Lmao

EbukaHades10:
How do I get a drone make i do my own for any airport for Nigeria?

That Pic ehn.