the Reason the traffic come to a standstill, as well as from Gatwick are reports that several drones flying in the airspace surrounding the airport the night on Thursday and early in the morning and at the 23-time Swedish time, reported an additional drones have been spotted near the airport, writes the news agency Reuters.
military assistance to deal with the incident and early on Friday morning stated the police for the BBC that it was considering to shoot down the drones that have been observed in the flygförbundsområdet around Gatwick. So far, around 50 reports of drones come in to the police.
Stop affected also Arlanda airport where five flights and an equal number from the Gatwick were cancelled during the day, according to Swedavia. All Norwegianflighter.
the shutdown could extend into Friday, ” says a spokesman for Easy Jet to the BBC.
No planes taking off from Gatwick. Photo: Tim Ireland/AP
moved to other airports, and passengers expected to fly from Gatwick airport are advised to check the status of the flight. The problems at Gatwick has since fortplanat to other airports then the plane would have flown on has been stuck at Gatwick and the passengers may take a taxi, buses and trains instead.
Others have been placed in hotels, but according to Sky News, the number of places where started to take the end of the year. For many, that means the cancellation of flights to their julresor and holidays may be destroyed.
at the same time raises the british government ban on night flights around London in order to as many passengers as possible to be able to leave the country, says transport minister Chris Grayling in a statement, according to Sky News.
Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP
the first time between 22: 00 and 04.01 after the drones are reported to have flown over the airport area. New observations made it was forced to close again for safety reasons at 04.45.
Sussex police is investigating the notified observations of the suspected drones. According to the police, they are disturbing the activities ”a conscious action”, but it is not terrorrelaterad. It is the use of drones ”for industrial use” as used.
At 17 o’clock, the BBC reported that the police turned to the department of defense and requested military assistance in order to be able to handle the event.
affected by the cancellation of the flygavgångarna. During the Thursday would be 110,000 people have gone with the 760 flights from Gatwick.
To fly drones within a flygförbudsområde can lead to a prison sentence of up to five years.
