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Drones at Gatwick

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    carly burncarly burn
    edited April 2019
    Think they're back!


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    AddicktedAddickted
    Gatwick drone arrest couple receive £200k payout from Sussex Police

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53041256
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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    Addickted said:
    Gatwick drone arrest couple receive £200k payout from Sussex Police

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53041256
    Not strictly true. They  received £55k in compensation & their lawyers got their  £145k fee paid. 
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    IdleHansIdleHans
    golfaddick said:
    Addickted said:
    Gatwick drone arrest couple receive £200k payout from Sussex Police

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53041256
    Not strictly true. They  received £55k in compensation & their lawyers got their  £145k fee paid. 
    £145K - ouch! Are you watching Southall?

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    North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    Twelve armed officers swooped on Mr and Mrs Gait's home, even though they did not possess any drones and had been at work during the reported sightings.

    How did they ever get pegged for it?
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    stevexreevestevexreeve
    And why does it cost £145k to sort it out?
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    SwisdomSwisdom
    This is a colossal waste of funds.

    How the police got this so wrong is quite worrying.  I dread to think what would have happened if they were black
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    MrOneLungMrOneLung
    North Lower Neil said:
    Twelve armed officers swooped on Mr and Mrs Gait's home, even though they did not possess any drones and had been at work during the reported sightings.

    How did they ever get pegged for it?
    this could only have been more wrong if they were in prison at the time of the drone sighting !!
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    IT_AndyIT_Andy
    Something is wrong with society when the couple only got 55K and the lawyers 145K. 


    Maybe they choose the wrong lawyers but even so, this is ridiculous.
     
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    JiMMy 85JiMMy 85
    IT_Andy said:
    Something is wrong with society when the couple only got 55K and the lawyers 145K. 


    Maybe they choose the wrong lawyers but even so, this is ridiculous.
     
    I don't disagree with the sentiment, but it's a bit misleading to imply they got 200k and only a quarter of it was left. Surely they got 55k + their solicitor bills covered, which is a little different. 
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    stevexreevestevexreeve
    JiMMy 85 said:
    IT_Andy said:
    Something is wrong with society when the couple only got 55K and the lawyers 145K. 


    Maybe they choose the wrong lawyers but even so, this is ridiculous.
     
    I don't disagree with the sentiment, but it's a bit misleading to imply they got 200k and only a quarter of it was left. Surely they got 55k + their solicitor bills covered, which is a little different. 
    Still stinks! 
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    PragueAddickPragueAddick
    Long read re-visiting the story. Most likely : no drones. But read and decide for yourselves

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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    carly burncarly burn
    I an age where people use their phones to film themselves picking their toe nails to climbing up Everest, I find it hard to believe that there wasn't one single video sighting of the Gatwick drone.
    Maybe because their wasn't one!
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    guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    Didn’t someone get a nice big contract  (£5M) from this?
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    PragueAddickPragueAddick
    guinnessaddick said:
    Didn’t someone get a nice big contract  (£5M) from this?
    Member of the Chumocracy?
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    Super_Eddie_YoudsSuper_Eddie_Youds
    guinnessaddick said:
    Didn’t someone get a nice big contract  (£5M) from this?
    They did, not the best kit either. 

    I had it on good authority that there was a drone, not read the article yet though so thanks for posting @PragueAddick
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    MrWalkerMrWalker
    edited July 2022

    BBC

    The UK is set to become home to the world's largest automated drone superhighway within the next two years.

    The drones will be used on the 164-mile Skyway project connecting towns and cities, including Cambridge and Rugby.

    It is part of a £273m funding package for the aerospace sector which will be revealed by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on Monday.

    Other projects include drones delivering mail to the Isles of Scilly and medication across Scotland

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