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jpak

(41,780 posts) Sat Dec 22, 2018, 09:32 AM Dec 2018

Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption [View all]

Source: BBC

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.

Flights had been grounded for more than a day, affecting about 140,000 passengers, after drones were seen near the runway.

The airport has since reopened and flights are operating on schedule.

Sussex Police said it was continuing to investigate the "criminal use of drones" and appealed for information.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46657505

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Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption [View all] jpak Dec 2018 OP

Make an example of them ... no pulled punches. Auggie Dec 2018 #1

I would march them through the airport Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #3

The NY Times article I read said they face life in jail. n/t OnlinePoker Dec 2018 #7

Better in forced servitude to anyone whose life was disrupted. The Mouth Dec 2018 #8

Certainly old enough to know better Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #2

The New York Post article on this said it was a "sophisticated drone operation" jpak Dec 2018 #4

Yeah ... kind of like of recreational computer hacking? Auggie Dec 2018 #5

The New York Post said that? JackRiddler Dec 2018 #11

Countermeasures already exist. NutmegYankee Dec 2018 #9

America has No Monopoly on Stupidity adVance democracy Dec 2018 #6

Everyone hold your bloodthirst, not open and shut JackRiddler Dec 2018 #10

This happened in the UK, not the US Takket Dec 2018 #13

Wow! Thanks for clarifying that. JackRiddler Dec 2018 #14

There is also something very fishy about how this has been presented localroger Dec 2018 #16

This is typical hyping JackRiddler Dec 2018 #18

I thought that sophisticated military can develop a radio message question everything Dec 2018 #12

That is a hair-raising possibility. JackRiddler Dec 2018 #15

Modern drones can fly themselves localroger Dec 2018 #17

They did. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #19

Thanks. Interesting (nt) question everything Dec 2018 #20

Gatwick drone chaos: arrested couple freed without charge muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #21