Sightings2019

Drone report halts Heathrow departures

When: 8 Jan 2019
Where: London, England
Sources: 2 public sources

London Heathrow Airport, where a drone report halted departures in January 2019 Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Heathrow stopped departures for about an hour after the Metropolitan Police received a report of a drone near the airport around 17:05 GMT. It came three weeks after drone sightings shut Gatwick; no drone operator was publicly identified.

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PressHeathrow airport: Drone sighting halts departures (opens in a new tab)BBC News / 2019-01-08
PressHeathrow Flights Resume After Drone Sighting (opens in a new tab)Aviation International News / 2019-01-08

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