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Drones at Gatwick

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  • Fumbluff said:

    No dramas, do remember that the whole M23 stretch from the M25 to shatwick is 50mph max though and is proper poops if you’re travelling at rush hour
    Much appreciated, thanks for your help
  • When I drove to Belgium before Christmas it was noticeable how much better their roads are than ours!
  • How do you know it wasn't terrorist related and we stopped it from happening.
    Because by now Failing Grayling would have ensured some unattributable source in the media is briefed to leak it.

    That's why.

  • Heathrow departures suspended now.

    Let the conspiracies re-commence...
  • I thought they said they had technology to stop this now...
  • Chizz said:

    Heathrow departures suspended now.

    Let the conspiracies re-commence...

    Russians
  • It’s almost funny
  • Russians
    Excitable 'witnesses"

  • This is really dull. People need to have their remote controls confiscated
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  • I didn't hear any conspiracies before, just people coming up with their own theories and trying to make heads or tails out of what was, a strange story.
  • It’s almost funny

    I mean it's funnier than the entire Xmas comedy schedules combined, for a start
  • I didn't hear any conspiracies before, just people coming up with their own theories and trying to make heads or tails out of what was, a strange story.

    What is a conspiracy where you come from then?
  • edited January 2019
    Is everyone else getting adverts for drones?
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  • What is a conspiracy where you come from then?
    Sorry, I thought a conspiracy theory were more outlandish than a simple theory?
  • Sorry, I thought a conspiracy theory were more outlandish than a simple theory?
    It's one where the author provides no rational back up for his or her assertions. E.g. @nth london addick . he asserted, quite reasonably "there ain't no drone" but then went on to suggest that it was because some far more serious terrorist threat was actually being dealt with.

  • It's one where the author provides no rational back up for his or her assertions. E.g. @nth london addick . he asserted, quite reasonably "there ain't no drone" but then went on to suggest that it was because some far more serious terrorist threat was actually being dealt with.

    So what's wrong with that?
  • So what's wrong with that?
    Such an idea goes against all UK government practice in handling terrorist threats, especially at airports, where maximum visible force is displayed, (partly to "reassure" the public and "send a message to terrorists") and certainly would not fit with what happened when LGW was opened and then closed again. Under NLA's scenario the army elite would be in charge and they wouldn't make a cock-up like that, would they?

  • Such an idea goes against all UK government practice in handling terrorist threats, especially at airports, where maximum visible force is displayed, (partly to "reassure" the public and "send a message to terrorists") and certainly would not fit with what happened when LGW was opened and then closed again. Under NLA's scenario the army elite would be in charge and they wouldn't make a cock-up like that, would they?

    I'm not saying I agree with his theory, I just can't see what's wrong with him posting it without others getting their knickers in a twist
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  • Unfortunately I think drone technology available off the shelf can run for a couple of hours, be loads of km away for the pilot ( as use 4G signals).

    Good luck with stopping that using conventional means.

    If they genuinely use 4G rather than radio to control them then the only way I can think of would be a selective data jammer.

    Pick up the drone, work out what signal it was being controlled by, jam the signal and try and trace the controller at the same time.

    Doesn’t sound like the sort of equipment conventional police would run.
  • edited January 2019

    less operational costs, aircraft in the wrong place that will eventually need to fly empty to reposition (zero revenue) , the need to accommodate and feed all passengers. This will be costing airlines a small fortune, which they wont recoup.

    @Stu_of_Kunming Just to confirm that airlines didn't "rake it in"...Easy Jet stating that the two days of disruption cost it around £15 million.

    "The repeated sightings of drones at the Sussex airport caused flights to be cancelled for nearly two days in December costing easyJet around £5 million from cancelled flights and lost revenue, plus another £10 million in “customer welfare” costs. The airline was forced to cancel more than 400 flights due to the drone disruption, which affected 82,000 of easyJet’s customers".
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47192232

    All is now explained. It was Gavin Williamson testing for the possible future deployment of his drone ‘swarm squadrons’
  • Had to be an insider because they knew what was going on on the runway...

    The camera on the drone didn't give them a clue then?
  • The press articles were generated by BBC Panorama who covered it last night. 30 minutes of my life I won't get back. Told us basically sweet fa. It sort of points us more clearly towards the "bitter ex-employee" theory, but basically plod hasn't got a clue, and neither has Panorama. Panorama used to be good.
  • The press articles were generated by BBC Panorama who covered it last night. 30 minutes of my life I won't get back. Told us basically sweet fa. It sort of points us more clearly towards the "bitter ex-employee" theory, but basically plod hasn't got a clue, and neither has Panorama. Panorama used to be good.
    If they used a drone they would get a much better panorama.
  • The spokesman for Gatwick said that he had 100 trained staff who witnessed the drone. Surely, one or two of them would have had mobile phones to video it. Or, did I hear that wrongly? I’m beginning to believe there was no drone.
  • The spokesman for Gatwick said that he had 100 trained staff who witnessed the drone. Surely, one or two of them would have had mobile phones to video it. Or, did I hear that wrongly? I’m beginning to believe there was no drone.
    From the link provided by Covered End above...

    Despite nearly 70 drone sightings reported in the space of a few hours, no photographic evidence exists that shows a drone above the airfield. This fuelled speculation that there may never have been one, but this was vehemently denied by the airport chief.

    Mr Woodroofe told the BBC that many of the drone sightings were by people he knew personally and trusted - "members of my team, people I have worked with for a decade, people who have worked for thirty years on the airfield, who fully understand the implications of reporting a drone sighting
  • There was a drone, I can say that with certainty. As there was at Heathrow.

    I'm also told that the upcoming horizon programme will be far better and far better informed regards the tech. No idea when it airs though.

    I didn't watch panorama, as I had the in laws down. That bad?
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