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London's Heathrow Airport Halts Departures Over Drone Sighting (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the growing-problem dept.

London's Heathrow Airport halted departures on Tuesday after a report of a drone sighting, less than a month after a similar event crippled operations at a major U.K. airport. From a report: "We are currently responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow and are working closely with the Met Police to prevent any threat to operational safety," a spokesperson for the airport said. "As a precautionary measure, we have stopped departures while we investigate. We apologise to passengers for any inconvenience this may cause."

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  1. Is that all that it takes? by OneHundredAndTen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If flying a drone is all that it takes to bring Heathrow down to its knees, the Brits are even in more trouble than we thought.

    1. Re:Is that all that it takes? by Drethon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      A drone sucked into a jet engine is no small problem.

      So is multiple 15 pound fleshy objects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

      I see a bunch of geese eating on the lawn of our airport right now, should we shut down the airport? I guess they are making the assumption that a drone flown near an airport is done with malice, whereas a goose probably doesn't have any malice toward a typical airliner. Still, is the risk really any different?

      Just my bent $0.02.

  2. Re: DDOS: Drone Denial of Service by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You don't even need the drones. Just claim you saw one. You can even phone it in anonymously.