Sightings2017

Drone report twice suspends Gatwick runway, diverting flights

When: 2 Jul 2017
Where: Gatwick Airport, England
Sources: 2 public sources

The runway at Gatwick Airport, suspended twice by a drone report in July 2017 Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gatwick Airport said a reported drone near the airfield led it to suspend runway operations twice in one evening, briefly each time, causing go-arounds and diversions of several easyJet and British Airways flights. Police investigated. It preceded the far larger December 2018 shutdown.

Sources

PressFlights into Gatwick diverted after drone reports (opens in a new tab)Yorkshire Post / 2017-07-02
PressDrone causes chaos at Gatwick Airport (opens in a new tab)ITPro / 2017-07-04

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