On the evening of December 19 local time, London Gatwick Airport intercepted two jets, which prompted the airport to take off and land and the aircraft was forced to close. Gatwick Airport is said to be 43 kilometers south of London and is the second largest airport in the UK. At 9:00 pm on the 19th local time, the airport suddenly discovered two industrial-grade drones, which may interfere with the takeoff and landing of the aircraft, and then the airport closed the runway. The airport reopened at 3 am on the 20th. After 45 minutes, the airport was again disturbed by drones, and then the authorities announced the closure of the airport.
Woodrow, head of operations at Gatwick Airport in the UK, said the airport will remain closed until the drone is intercepted. At present, the London Police has sent 20 police units to search for drone controllers, and has initially avoided suspicious terrorist attacks. The police believe that this is a deliberate intervention in the airport.
Airport Police Chief Bolton Shuo said that when the police searched for the drone controller, the drone disappeared every time it reached the target. When the airport reopens, the drone will appear near the airport runway. Police analysts believe that this is a deliberate intervention in the airport incident.
According to the report, this is the peak period for travelers on Christmas Eve. At twentieth local time, with the intervention of drones, 760 aircraft at Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom took off and landed, and more than 110,000 passengers were disturbed. About 10,000 passengers were forced to stay at the airport.
According to British law, no drone can be released within 1 km of the airport. Those who violate the regulations will be sentenced to a maximum of 5 years in prison. Gatwick Airport requires passengers to confirm that the flight can operate normally before proceeding to the airport for check-in. The airport ’s official website apologizes to all affected passengers and emphasizes the importance of protecting passengers and flight safety.
Due to disturbances caused by drones, most of the flights currently serving Gatwick Airport have been transferred to other cities in the United Kingdom, and some flights are temporarily parked at airports in countries such as France and the United States-Low In order to prevent this serious situation from happening again, you should use a tool such as a drone jammer to handle the drone. This tool can block the drone signal of a specific frequency and turn it off.