Drones at Gatwick

For the DM apologists on GN

You cannot sue the police for wrongful arrest if they have reasonable cause, they have to "arrest" them to question them formally and get access to their phones, this guy is a drone enthusiast and has probably got lots of contacts in that community.
Those contacts can now assume that GCHQ will be listening, electronic surveillance is very wide ranging these days.

Police now say they have found a damaged drone close to the airport wether it is the troublesome one is another matter. The worrying aspect is that a malicious drone can have unfettered access to any airport or indeed any other target and there is nothing capable of stopping it

The couple who were arrested were known protesters against runways being built so would have been picked out from police archives, hence why they were arrested. It doesn't always follow that those whose interests are in this sort of protest are immediate suspects when things like this arise.
The police should always spread their nets further than anything which appears right under their noses and never assume.

Assume==ass--of---u---and---me.

So many days later and there's still no film footage of this drone!

A case of collective hysteria?

Riverwalk Even I have seen the film footage of the drone. It's been online for a couple of days.

I don't know what the police are talking about, saying that there might not even have been a drone! What is the matter with them? They are making themselves look extremely stupid.

I notice Grayling has gone very quiet.

It’s okay, Lynne Truss has the answer to drones, barking dogs.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1062458/Gatwick-gatwick-airport-drone-gatwick-delays-Liz-Truss-dogs

I hope they sue the Daily Mail and any other newspaper that has identified them.

There is something very odd about this case.

I was nearly asleep when I was watching the news, so may not have got this right.

But I thought I heard that there may not have been a drone over Gatwick after all.

Aliens perhaps?

oh, Sparklefizz has already said that, apologies.
I am still half asleep.

We have had many reports of UFOs over the years usually seen by one or two not very credible witnesses, we are now expected to believe that 67 witnesses some of whom were police officers and airport workers all have been having hallucinations. In addition video of some kind of UFO over Gatwick was broadcast widely.

This is a coverup to justify the army not shooting down something that wasn't there and police impotence.

There was an " air traffic fault " that shut down Birmingham last night, that's suspicious

The risks are very high in shooting at a tiny, fast moving object flying close to a huge amount of aircraft and jet fuel!
I think it is great that finally, after years of pilots telling the CAA and government that they need to sort out the fast growing drone problem, they are finally doung something. As for a drone closing an airport, many things close a runway, including aircraft emergencies, inbound emergencies, animals on the runway, people straying onto the protected area. People are so used to how safe aviation has got, they forget the potential dire situations aircraft could end up in. Pilots will always err on the side of safety. It is always better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground!

It is always better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground!

Razzy Absolutely!

They have even said it may have been a police drone Either they haven’t a bloody clue or there is a BIG cover up going on