Two drones cause at least two dozens of diverted flights at Gatwick airport

Posted by crypto-jeronimo on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:42AM
from the dailymail.co.uk dept.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6513923/Chaos-Gatwick-drone-spotted-near-airport-SHUTS-runway.html

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Re:Two drones cause at least two dozens of diverted flights ... by msadowski on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:57AM (#18723215)

I hope that they find and jail those people and make an example out of them.

I'm afraid that at some point due to actions of irresponsible individuals like these both the drone hobbyist and developers will be negatively affected.

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Re:Two drones cause at least two dozens of diverted flights ... by erpaa on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:18AM (#18723280)

Thanks to Brexit, Britain can now restore its draconian rules about kites and toy aircraft. Which was 50 metres. The EU-ruling is 150(300) metres.

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Re:Two drones cause at least two dozens of diverted flights ... by crypto-jeronimo on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:23AM (#18724657)

The current UK rules state a maximum of 400 feet (120 m), AFAIK. Also, speaking of EU, most urban areas of France are off limits, and the not-so-urban ones allow at most 30m/50m (depending on distance from urban areas).

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