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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Tue Jan 8, 2019, 02:52 PM Jan 2019

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Heathrow airport flights halted due to Drone sightings...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-46803713?fbclid=IwAR1-hwL102OyrXd97kDsDskugVY5MZY94fyMuGNE4_Ufnf5HSMowQd7XgFo

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Heathrow airport flights halted due to Drone sightings... (Original Post) HipChick Jan 2019 OP

Delightful...flying into Heathrow in three weeks brooklynite Jan 2019 #1

This has been a chronic problem at the London airports. VOX Jan 2019 #2

Hopefully some dimwit won't trying it at US airport HipChick Jan 2019 #3

brooklynite

(94,688 posts)

1. Delightful...flying into Heathrow in three weeks

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Tue Jan 8, 2019, 02:59 PM

Jan 2019

VOX

(22,976 posts)

2. This has been a chronic problem at the London airports.

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 03:53 PM

Jan 2019

Gatwick has been droned recently as well.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/08/police-handed-new-anti-drone-powers-after-gatwick-disruption

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

3. Hopefully some dimwit won't trying it at US airport

Reply to VOX (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 04:26 PM

Jan 2019

given the weakened infrastructure caused by the Drump faux crisis needing a shutdown..

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