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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!"

I saw this and thought the same. Surly there is something they can do.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Fire weighted nets over the drones.

Massive fines and prison time for the operators.

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By *tingly ByronMan over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!"

Shoot it out of the sky.

Idiots.....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!"

Upside is it’s quiet over our house today

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Probably someone sat in their house controlling it which makes it extremely difficult to locate.

Surely the raf have something they can use but perhaps that gives the game away regarding their technology.

Just shoot it. I'm top 5 of the UK (ps4) with two games so I think im fully qualified to take that shot.

I could do it in a tank in all honesty

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Anyone in their right mind knows that flying a drone over an airport could cause a plane crash, I would do the driver of said drone for attempted murder with nothing less than a prison sentence. Zero tolerance and deterrent to others.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

From what I can gather its a deliberate act to disrupt the airport.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

It's been going on for 12 hours so I think it's fair to say they are trying to disrupt things.

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By *ot-AshMan over a year ago

London

I also think they should shoot it down.

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

This wouldn't happen if the police had drones.

Nothing stops a bad guy with a drone faster than a good guy with a drone.

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By *obbytupperMan over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

"I also think they should shoot it down.

Tony B Liar would have surrounded the area with tanks by now!

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Fly above it - drop a net on it

Fly under it and shoot it

Get Crocodile Dundee to throw a tin of beans at it

Close Gatwick until after boxing day and everyone gets Christmas off.

Send a highly trained Eagle up in the sky to fuck it up.

Get a parachuter to do something to it as they parachute past it.

Crash into it with another drone. Or have a drone off and add graphics so it's like a Street Fighter 2 game. Ready. Fight!!

These are just helpful ideas I have thought up on my own

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Get Ruldolph to boot it out the sky on the way past Monday night.

Or Santa could bump it with his sleigh

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By *ichaelangelaCouple over a year ago

notts

"It's been going on for 12 hours so I think it's fair to say they are trying to disrupt things."

12 hours?? just how much battery life do these things have??

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!

Upside is it’s quiet over our house today

Snap that

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Just watched the news about that guy from gatwick said they would get the max 5yr sentance when caught too right

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By *ribsaMan over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

Let's face it if this had been America they would have been shot down hours and hours ago.

Shot them down or all remote control models be it cars,boats, planes and drones have set frequencies to run on jam them frequencies around airport must be possible to do.

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By *abioMan over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

My understanding is that because drones are so small they only show up on radar if they reach a certain height... so if it is bobbing up and down the it is only showing up intermittently

Saying that... if nothing is now flying in the area surely they would have signal jamming equipment

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By *hubnwife_36dd_ukCouple over a year ago

chester

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!"

I don't suppose they could either get up close in a chopper and use a shotgun or simply get hold of another drone and crash it into the first one?

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By *hubnwife_36dd_ukCouple over a year ago

chester

So if some group of silly buggers really want to mess up the UK all they need to do is station themselves around some dozen UK major airports with a couple of drones and bingo air travel UK shutdown.

You just couldn't make it up that it takes this long to get rid of a radio-controlled drone.

Out in war zones important (usually VIP type people) convoys have mobile Jammers on board to disrupt signals to the mobile phone triggers on IEDs etc.

Jamming the frequency once this drone is airborne should be a piece of cake. Once the operator can't control it then taking it down should require minimal effort.

They are probably all still in a meeting trying to find the elf and safety sheet related to dealing with drones.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

It was only a matter of time before a drone operator tried some stupid stunt like this, hopefully it becomes law that all drones must be registered at purchase.

There was a picture of a plane on linkedin recently that had a collision with a drone on landing, the radome (nosecone) was well and truly knackered.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

"This wouldn't happen if the police had drones.

Nothing stops a bad guy with a drone faster than a good guy with a drone.

There are birds of prey that can be used to take down a drone, sadly they are not about.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's been going on for 12 hours so I think it's fair to say they are trying to disrupt things."

Could be Isis al queda dropping bombs ,its gonna happen androgen fuckers know it

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By *oonloverWoman over a year ago

bognor regis

Y sis is stuck at Gatwick says it's chaos

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Just goes to show how easily our modern lives can be distrupted by one person and a drone.

Trains are the same too, a drone close to the line means all trains have to stop.

Doesn’t take much to fuck us up these days

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

All you need is a frequency generator transmitting at 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz frequency. As long as the power output is greater than the drone control transmitter it will block both the band and the sidebands and effectively 'Jam' the drones receiver. They are directional so can be aimed and have a range of 1 mile or greater.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I also think they should shoot it down.

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Then shoot the operator

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By *hispers-40Woman over a year ago

up the garden path

"All you need is a frequency generator transmitting at 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz frequency. As long as the power output is greater than the drone control transmitter it will block both the band and the sidebands and effectively 'Jam' the drones receiver. They are directional so can be aimed and have a range of 1 mile or greater.

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exactly what I was thinking

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Things like this will mean all drones will only be sold to license holders.

They will be strictly regulated and controlled only to be used at organised events or places where they cannot interfere with other forms of traffic.

Of course not everyone will abide by the law but this will now be introduced in parliament I feel as a matter of urgency and s new law passed.

Sadly those who use drones respectfully and carefully will suffer.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Things like this will mean all drones will only be sold to license holders.

They will be strictly regulated and controlled only to be used at organised events or places where they cannot interfere with other forms of traffic.

Of course not everyone will abide by the law but this will now be introduced in parliament I feel as a matter of urgency and s new law passed.

Sadly those who use drones respectfully and carefully will suffer. "

There are several people I know who use them properly and the photos they take and share of the surrounding area are amazing but they do need to be regulated in some way now.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I agree with you op this is beyond a joke and should be bloody shot down...jeez it's been going on for 12 hours now and must be costing a fortune.

They bugger must have good batteries in them though as mine will only fly for 20 minutes before needing a battery change

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I agree with you op this is beyond a joke and should be bloody shot down...jeez it's been going on for 12 hours now and must be costing a fortune.

They bugger must have good batteries in them though as mine will only fly for 20 minutes before needing a battery change

12 hours and has prolly cost a few million all for the cost of a 50p bullet

Or as someone said a signal jammer, they used to do this to the model aircraft enthusiasts who used to fly around the old airport in Bristol with old AM cb’s

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Anyone in their right mind knows that flying a drone over an airport could cause a plane crash, I would do the driver of said drone for attempted murder with nothing less than a prison sentence. Zero tolerance and deterrent to others. "

This.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's been going on for 12 hours so I think it's fair to say they are trying to disrupt things.

Could be Isis al queda dropping bombs ,its gonna happen androgen fuckers know it "

I doubt that it's an act of terrorism as they've just said on the news that it's not related to terrorism.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

the law already forbids flying drones near airports but clearly some will do anything to cause disruption to peoples lives.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've got a few guesses on who maybe responsible.

Guess 1: Some troublemaking kid used the drone to disrupt flights at the airport just for a laugh.

Guess 2: Some asshole adult who hates the service at the airport.

Guess 3: Protesters doing this for their own reasons against the airport.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"the law already forbids flying drones near airports but clearly some will do anything to cause disruption to peoples lives."

Especially at Christmas time as people could be trying to get home to be with their families.

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By *exyEggsCouple over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

I’ve not looked in to it but these cicilian drones will have an absolute max battery life of 40mins or so. Either there are heaps of them going up one after the other or they’re landing somewhere, getting new batteries and launching again. Clearly it’s NOT this easy but I’m wondering why they’re not being followed?

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By *hips n FursMan over a year ago

Huddersfield

Jam the signal and as I understand they return to base if the signal is lost.

Is it really that hard to sort out.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I first thought that shooting it would be the best solution, but I agree with the fact that a high powered stray bullit would be a risk.

Taking out the drone also reduces the opportunity to trace whoever is operating it. There is a risk that they have other drones and could put that up as soon as flights are resumed.

I would have preferred a media blackout on the story as no doubt there will soon be copy cat nut cases doing the same at other airports

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By *wisted999Man over a year ago

North Bucks

"I first thought that shooting it would be the best solution, but I agree with the fact that a high powered stray bullit would be a risk.

Taking out the drone also reduces the opportunity to trace whoever is operating it. There is a risk that they have other drones and could put that up as soon as flights are resumed.

I would have preferred a media blackout on the story as no doubt there will soon be copy cat nut cases doing the same at other airports "

Over 100.000 people have been affected. Ain’t no blackout keeping that from making the rounds especially with social media.

You may be right about the copycats though. The Environmentalists will be watching closely if they don’t already have a part. There will be no need for them to get on the tarmac anymore.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Still it continues....

I'm watching the 1pm news.

'Every time we get ready to open the airport another drone takes off'.

It also showed police marksmen with rifles. Get on with it.

Surely a rubber bullet or a dart would do the job.

Whatever, we look like dickheads.

If it's not leaves on the lines it's ufo's at airports.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Shoot the drone down then shoot the owners

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

What's Bruce Willis doing these days?

He's usually handy this time of year.

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By *erby DomCouple over a year ago

Ashbourne(ish) and Chesterfield(ish)

"What's Bruce Willis doing these days?

He's usually handy this time of year."
I think you might be onto something there, he also has relevant airport experience too

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

"Things like this will mean all drones will only be sold to license holders.

They will be strictly regulated and controlled only to be used at organised events or places where they cannot interfere with other forms of traffic.

Of course not everyone will abide by the law but this will now be introduced in parliament I feel as a matter of urgency and s new law passed.

Sadly those who use drones respectfully and carefully will suffer. "

You make that sound like it is a bad thing

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

"What's Bruce Willis doing these days?

He's usually handy this time of year.I think you might be onto something there, he also has relevant airport experience too"

Yippee

Kie yaaay

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Would you say that drone flyer was doing this as a way to ruin flights, Christmas or both for everyone?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

There isn’t 1 drone there are 4 on the go.

Supposedly did a flight formation along the runway earlier , no not joking.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"There isn’t 1 drone there are 4 on the go.

Supposedly did a flight formation along the runway earlier , no not joking."

And it will be some kid who will not be named for legal reasons

Makes me laugh as drones have been around for some time now but nobody has bothered to defend against them or have any plans in place before now.

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By *loswingersCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

What’s really worrying is that such an important airport can be brought to a standstill by some moron with a drone .

Surely the airport should use something to get the drone down ( whatever it takes ) and get on with running the airport .

This ineptitude will be seen all over the world , and how must we be looking to them ?

Hopefully the perpetrators will be located and dealt with accordingly to what has been lost .

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan over a year ago

Kent

"I've got a few guesses on who maybe responsible.

Guess 1: Some troublemaking kid used the drone to disrupt flights at the airport just for a laugh.

Guess 2: Some asshole adult who hates the service at the airport.

Guess 3: Protesters doing this for their own reasons against the airport."

Guess 4: Michael O'Leary

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

"What’s really worrying is that such an important airport can be brought to a standstill by some moron with a drone .

Surely the airport should use something to get the drone down ( whatever it takes ) and get on with running the airport .

This ineptitude will be seen all over the world , and how must we be looking to them ?

Hopefully the perpetrators will be located and dealt with accordingly to what has been lost ."

Problem is they may well be a couple of 12 yr olds who'll get nothing more than a slap on the wrists.

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

East Sussex

"Would you say that drone flyer was doing this as a way to ruin flights, Christmas or both for everyone?"

I'd say its a power trip.

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By *loswingersCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"What’s really worrying is that such an important airport can be brought to a standstill by some moron with a drone .

Surely the airport should use something to get the drone down ( whatever it takes ) and get on with running the airport .

This ineptitude will be seen all over the world , and how must we be looking to them ?

Hopefully the perpetrators will be located and dealt with accordingly to what has been lost .

Problem is they may well be a couple of 12 yr olds who'll get nothing more than a slap on the wrists.

You’re probably spot on , and more 12 year olds will see it and think what a fun idea this is .

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

"What’s really worrying is that such an important airport can be brought to a standstill by some moron with a drone .

Surely the airport should use something to get the drone down ( whatever it takes ) and get on with running the airport .

This ineptitude will be seen all over the world , and how must we be looking to them ?

Hopefully the perpetrators will be located and dealt with accordingly to what has been lost .

Problem is they may well be a couple of 12 yr olds who'll get nothing more than a slap on the wrists.

You’re probably spot on , and more 12 year olds will see it and think what a fun idea this is . "

Yep. About time we brought back workhouses and borstals......

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By *ill74Man over a year ago

New forest area

According to reports, it's industrial drones, which possibly rules out some mischevious kid.

The problem with shooting them/firing a net over them, is where will they fall? A motorway/school/shopping arcade.

I hope they catch the imbecile(s). Fine them, shame them, jail them.

How many people, kids, have had their christmas ruined.

Imagne if they do resume flights, and a drine hits an airplane and causes an accident. Then, among other things, we will be asking, why did you resume flights.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Would you say that drone flyer was doing this as a way to ruin flights, Christmas or both for everyone?

I'd say its a power trip. "

Whatever the reason is, they certainly picked the moment to ruin everyone's Christmas.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

How many people, kids, have had their christmas ruined.

People who had booked to go to Lapland for the day or two.

That's magic ruined right there.

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

East Sussex

"Would you say that drone flyer was doing this as a way to ruin flights, Christmas or both for everyone?

I'd say its a power trip.

Whatever the reason is, they certainly picked the moment to ruin everyone's Christmas."

Yep. That's power alright.

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

East Sussex

Are we seriously to believe that the armed forces has no way of dealing with drones or tracking their origin?

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By *rimtonMan over a year ago

Bromley

Considering Gatwick is middle of nowhere, been going on since last night + these drones have fairly short range -

My inner Sherlock Holmes says the perp is stashed up in one of the hotels

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Would you say that drone flyer was doing this as a way to ruin flights, Christmas or both for everyone?

I'd say its a power trip.

Whatever the reason is, they certainly picked the moment to ruin everyone's Christmas.

Yep. That's power alright."

Yeah. I feel sorry for all the families that have had their Christmas holidays and plans ruined by this lunatic.

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

One of my colleagues was due back early this morning, but is currently stuck in Lapland with her kids.

Guess who gets to cover her shift now?

I feel sorry for those that that stuck & plans ruined

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By *ross-eyed MaryMan over a year ago

Salisbury

"One of my colleagues was due back early this morning, but is currently stuck in Lapland with her kids.

Guess who gets to cover her shift now?

I feel sorry for those that that stuck & plans ruined

Santa?

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By *erby DomCouple over a year ago

Ashbourne(ish) and Chesterfield(ish)

"Are we seriously to believe that the armed forces has no way of dealing with drones or tracking their origin?"
The armed forces have a number of things that could be used but they can't step in without parliament approving such a tasking. They could jam the signal which would stop the problem a better use of their skills would be to DF (direction finding) the drone operators position by triangulating the signals location. Why that hasn't been done already is beyond me though.

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

East Sussex

"Are we seriously to believe that the armed forces has no way of dealing with drones or tracking their origin?The armed forces have a number of things that could be used but they can't step in without parliament approving such a tasking. They could jam the signal which would stop the problem a better use of their skills would be to DF (direction finding) the drone operators position by triangulating the signals location. Why that hasn't been done already is beyond me though."

Beyond me too although the police are talking to the army now.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"One of my colleagues was due back early this morning, but is currently stuck in Lapland with her kids.

Guess who gets to cover her shift now?

I feel sorry for those that that stuck & plans ruined

Why is she stuck in Lapland? All other planes have been diverted to other airports... Southend has been very busy today.

The drones are not the everyday ones that kids may use, they are specialist ones, the jamming of the frequency will only allow a return to base.... follow the damn thing and there’s your operator!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

you know what is scary. All the bloody chaos god knows how much money its costing and the item(s) cost around £7000 well within many peoples budget. God only knows what this will lead too

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

"you know what is scary. All the bloody chaos god knows how much money its costing and the item(s) cost around £7000 well within many peoples budget. God only knows what this will lead too"

My op says I saw one yesterday in a massive box for just £75.

More of a toy but it's original price was £500 I think.

You don't need to spend the same amount on what a car costs to cause this much trouble for a lot of people

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By *ed PetalCouple over a year ago

Kent

I’m sure I saw somewhere that they trained birds of prey to knock them down over in Holland or somewhere. They could do that here too.

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By *erby DomCouple over a year ago

Ashbourne(ish) and Chesterfield(ish)

"I’m sure I saw somewhere that they trained birds of prey to knock them down over in Holland or somewhere. They could do that here too."
There are a lot of options out there and some big companies selling defensive systems to airports in the US. Options include trained brids of prey, net launchers and even emp devices designed to fry the onboard electronics. I guess a lot of UK airports are scrambling over themselves now to get something in place. Better late than never I guess but this should have been perceived in a terrorist risk assessment and systems put in place to defend against it. The enquiry is going to be very interesting.

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By *loswingersCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

"One of my colleagues was due back early this morning, but is currently stuck in Lapland with her kids.

Guess who gets to cover her shift now?

I feel sorry for those that that stuck & plans ruined

Why is she stuck in Lapland? All other planes have been diverted to other airports... Southend has been very busy today.

All I know, is her flight this morning was cancelled & they've told her tomorrow, she's been put up in a hotel for the night

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

more planes at farnborough today can hear them landing as airport near me

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

Most airports close at 12.

They won't tonight.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Has anyone said it is brexits fault yet. No. Well it is

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Can you not get some kinda “signal jammer” to force it down?

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By *orwegian BlueMan over a year ago

Iceland, but Aldi is closer..

There are transmitters designed to block the radio frequency drones work on.

I guess the airports will now be fitting the jammers around the perimeters to stop idiots like this.

And the reason they don't shoot it down is in case it terrorist and has explosives on board.

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By *ed PetalCouple over a year ago

Kent

"I’m sure I saw somewhere that they trained birds of prey to knock them down over in Holland or somewhere. They could do that here too.There are a lot of options out there and some big companies selling defensive systems to airports in the US. Options include trained brids of prey, net launchers and even emp devices designed to fry the onboard electronics. I guess a lot of UK airports are scrambling over themselves now to get something in place. Better late than never I guess but this should have been perceived in a terrorist risk assessment and systems put in place to defend against it. The enquiry is going to be very interesting."

Absolutely. I’m surprised they hadn’t got anything in place to prevent or intercept already. The culprits, if found, will be in for a hefty fine too.

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By *ficouldMan over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

"I’m sure I saw somewhere that they trained birds of prey to knock them down over in Holland or somewhere. They could do that here too."

I remember seeing something along these lines too, thought it was military

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By *bwlookingforfunWoman over a year ago

crawley

I'm so glad I'm on holiday, not at work... That's where I work and I feel bad for all of them..

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By *erby DomCouple over a year ago

Ashbourne(ish) and Chesterfield(ish)

Absolutely. I’m surprised they hadn’t got anything in place to prevent or intercept already. The culprits, if found, will be in for a hefty fine too."
There is going to be hell to pay as a report was done last year highlighting the threat and it looks like no airports have done anything ab out it. It'll all come out in the wash, I feel sorry for everyone it has affected and the idiots responsible should be locked up and the key thrown away.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

"one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

They have thought about shooting them, but are concerned where the bullet would go if it misses. I would like to think it might hit the operator, but that is wishful thinking.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Absolutely. I’m surprised they hadn’t got anything in place to prevent or intercept already. The culprits, if found, will be in for a hefty fine too.There is going to be hell to pay as a report was done last year highlighting the threat and it looks like no airports have done anything ab out it. It'll all come out in the wash, I feel sorry for everyone it has affected and the idiots responsible should be locked up and the key thrown away."

The potential threat was identified formally @7 years ago and promptly ignored.........

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By *hubnwife_36dd_ukCouple over a year ago

chester

"There are transmitters designed to block the radio frequency drones work on.

I guess the airports will now be fitting the jammers around the perimeters to stop idiots like this.

And the reason they don't shoot it down is in case it terrorist and has explosives on board. "

As a reason for not shooting it down that's just a miserable piece of fluff.

Unless it's a drone the size of a small bomber any explosives on board are just going to make a loud bang in mid air.

There are probably larger mortars going off on bonfire night.

If the drone was that big tracking it would be a doddle.

This farce is going to turn out to be screw up by committee writ large.

Put a decent clay pigeon shooter in a chopper and blast the bloody thing. Shotgum pellets aren't going to do any collateral damage.

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

"one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

They have thought about shooting them, but are concerned where the bullet would go if it misses. I would like to think it might hit the operator, but that is wishful thinking. "

Bullet?

Surely a 12 guage would be a much better ideal plus the pellets won't cause any colateral damage.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

where is ironman.

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By *ete1260Man over a year ago

Evesham

I reckon it's probably a "greeny" eco with a a chip about aircraft pollution - I'll bet the air quality around Crawley is the best its been for years.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

They have thought about shooting them, but are concerned where the bullet would go if it misses. I would like to think it might hit the operator, but that is wishful thinking.

Bullet?

Surely a 12 guage would be a much better ideal plus the pellets won't cause any colateral damage. "

A shotgun only has a maximum effective range of about 40 meters using buckshot. I'll bet that the drone operator knows that.

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

"one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

They have thought about shooting them, but are concerned where the bullet would go if it misses. I would like to think it might hit the operator, but that is wishful thinking.

Bullet?

Surely a 12 guage would be a much better ideal plus the pellets won't cause any colateral damage.

A shotgun only has a maximum effective range of about 40 meters using buckshot. I'll bet that the drone operator knows that."

That's what camo nets/hides are for, innit?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It's now saying that the airport won't reopen till 6am tomorrow. Shouldn't the airport just be honest with the customers and tell them that they will remain closed until the bastards that caused the disruption are caught?

It would be better than stringing the customers along and putting their hopes up.

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By *ce WingerMan over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"This wouldn't happen if the police had drones.

Nothing stops a bad guy with a drone faster than a good guy with a drone.

The Police do have drones, well Derbyshire Constabulary do anyway. There was a stall in the Intu Centre a few weeks ago where they were displaying all their hi tech goodies, and the biggest one they use, with infra red cameras etc. is about 3 ft across and you don't get much change out of £15k for one

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"There are transmitters designed to block the radio frequency drones work on.

I guess the airports will now be fitting the jammers around the perimeters to stop idiots like this.

And the reason they don't shoot it down is in case it terrorist and has explosives on board. "

Nope apparently they are now going to shoot it down...that is if they see it as so far they are pleading to people who have footage on their phones to come forward...

It's a fucking joke the way they have dillied and dallied with this for over 24 hours...we must be the laughing stock of the world...oh and where is the transport minister when all these people are stuck at Gatwick waiting to go on holiday..

I bet he fucked off on his holiday from London airport this morning

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By *ubiousOatcakeMan over a year ago

Aberdeenshire

Come on, folks, you’re only at 95 replies. Surely you can do better than this. I want to read more of the ways you reckon this should be resolved. You’re obviously all experts.

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By *hips n FursMan over a year ago

Huddersfield

It's a spaceship,they are finally here. I've been practicing my hand signals from Close Encounters while I whistle the tune.

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By *ross-eyed MaryMan over a year ago

Salisbury

If it was a drone this would be over long ago.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Come on, folks, you’re only at 95 replies. Surely you can do better than this. I want to read more of the ways you reckon this should be resolved. You’re obviously all experts."

I think they should train pigeons to bring them down. But stealthy ones. Not those with hi vis tags on their claws. That would be madness.

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By *ENGUYMan over a year ago

Hull

"There are transmitters designed to block the radio frequency drones work on.

I guess the airports will now be fitting the jammers around the perimeters to stop idiots like this.

And the reason they don't shoot it down is in case it terrorist and has explosives on board.

Nope apparently they are now going to shoot it down...that is if they see it as so far they are pleading to people who have footage on their phones to come forward...

I bet he fucked off on his holiday from London airport this morning

Actually, Chris Grayling was meeting with experts all day to try to work out plans to resolve the issue plus relax rules on Night Flying from other London Airport's tonight to enable some passengers to get away. If you'd viewed the 10pm news bulletins, this was mentioned.

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By *ony 2016Man over a year ago

Huddersfield /derby cinemas

"Come on, folks, you’re only at 95 replies. Surely you can do better than this. I want to read more of the ways you reckon this should be resolved. You’re obviously all experts."
. Liz Truss has got some barking dogs

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By *ENGUYMan over a year ago

Hull

"Come on, folks, you’re only at 95 replies. Surely you can do better than this. I want to read more of the ways you reckon this should be resolved. You’re obviously all experts.

I think they should train pigeons to bring them down. But stealthy ones. Not those with hi vis tags on their claws. That would be madness."

On a similar tone, there are apparently Eagles and other Birds of Prey trained to attack & remove drones, to be deployed for use in prisons.

Can't these be used?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's now saying that the airport won't reopen till 6am tomorrow. Shouldn't the airport just be honest with the customers and tell them that they will remain closed until the bastards that caused the disruption are caught?

It would be better than stringing the customers along and putting their hopes up."

Well it seems there are reports now that Gatwick airport have said they will be closed for the foreseeable future.

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By *d59michelleTV/TS over a year ago

walsall

The potential threat was identified formally @7 years ago and promptly ignored.......

Austerity measures ?

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By *ingle cockMan over a year ago

belfast

Drone batteries don't last forever. Personally I think it's a terrorist alert being covered up by media no way a drone will last that long in sky without either running out battery or being shot down instead of letting 1 of busiest airports be effected for so long

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

East Sussex

"Drone batteries don't last forever. Personally I think it's a terrorist alert being covered up by media no way a drone will last that long in sky without either running out battery or being shot down instead of letting 1 of busiest airports be effected for so long "

Latest info says its someone driving around with loads of charged up batteries.

As with all these things I have no idea what to believe

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

Really interested to find out who it is

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It seems pretty clear that this is a well planned attack. Not the work of some kids or some messed up idiot. Using multiple drones, having to change batteries means there has to be a team of people doing this attack.

Timed to inflict maximum disruption and misery.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"one of the drone seen costs around £7k to buy so this isnt the work of kids.

if this was an american base they always shoot down anything suspicious and that is the instruction given to troops on any US base.

They have thought about shooting them, but are concerned where the bullet would go if it misses. I would like to think it might hit the operator, but that is wishful thinking.

Bullet?

Surely a 12 guage would be a much better ideal plus the pellets won't cause any colateral damage.

A shotgun only has a maximum effective range of about 40 meters using buckshot. I'll bet that the drone operator knows that."

Use a 10 gauge shotgun with the right cartridge and the effective range is somewhere between 70 and 80 metres and powerful enough to bring down a fair sized goose at that range so should knock down a drone easily.

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By *olo199Man over a year ago

sheffield

"Really interested to find out who it is"

Government!!!!!!

That time a year again!!!

Scare tactics to make us panic and to think the words gunna end so we gottta go Spend that little bit more just in case it happens to us .. what a load off bullshit.

1: We have the most cctv operated per square foot covered in the world .... where taking about Gatwick airport they will see you coming 20 miles before you get there (big brother is watching) !!

2 it’s a drone weighting in at 0.5kg if a planes engine out off all the places on a plane to hit first did hit the engine then by all means am no expert but surely the drone wouldn’t even make a scratch let alone be a issue!!

So now it comes down to spies hence why they have panicked and closed costing the country As a whole tens off millions off pounds In compensation etc etc ....

just find it very strange how it’s xmas again and there’s summat else to put the fear into us it’s a drone it’s near a airport there’s a small and I mean very small radius which these can be used so I don’t understand how it’s still closed now ??? Anyway rant over

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By *reeMan over a year ago

Paisley

"Has anyone said it is brexits fault yet. No. Well it is

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By *illy_the_tvTV/TS over a year ago

hoorn, Netherlands

One of my friends worked for an anti terrorist unit and we was talking about these drones earlier and he basically said it's nothing for them to shoot them out the sky, if they haven't done it straight away then there's something more serious going on behind the scenes

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

"One of my friends worked for an anti terrorist unit and we was talking about these drones earlier and he basically said it's nothing for them to shoot them out the sky, if they haven't done it straight away then there's something more serious going on behind the scenes"
im beginning to think its some kind of.cover up

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By *olo199Man over a year ago

sheffield

My point exactly!!! It’s that time a year again

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan over a year ago

Kent

"I’m sure I saw somewhere that they trained birds of prey to knock them down over in Holland or somewhere. They could do that here too."

Owls, that's what they want. Trained owls with air-to-air missiles attached, and laser eyes.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Really interested to find out who it is

Government!!!!!!

That time a year again!!!

Scare tactics to make us panic and to think the words gunna end so we gottta go Spend that little bit more just in case it happens to us .. what a load off bullshit.

1: We have the most cctv operated per square foot covered in the world .... where taking about Gatwick airport they will see you coming 20 miles before you get there (big brother is watching) !!

So now it comes down to spies hence why they have panicked and closed costing the country As a whole tens off millions off pounds In compensation etc etc ....

It’s a commercial drone ...it weighs a damn sight more than any .5kg.... engines are tested using a chicken fired at it with an air cannon to check for bird strikes ..upwards of two kilos of metal and lithium battery’s hitting an aircraft at 150mph can cause serious damage. That’s why all flights are suspended

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I also think they should shoot it down.

Tony B Liar would have surrounded the area with tanks by now!

"
tanks have anti aircraft defense that might be a good plan.

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By *ce WingerMan over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"It’s a commercial drone ...it weighs a damn sight more than any .5kg.... engines are tested using a chicken fired at it with an air cannon to check for bird strikes ..upwards of two kilos of metal and lithium battery’s hitting an aircraft at 150mph can cause serious damage. That’s why all flights are suspended "

Ma mate used to work in the Test Beds at Royces, he reckoned it was the highlight of his week when they fired all the poultry at the engines

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It is also possible that the drone was used from a guy from fab who was just checking if his ultimate flight attendant crush was working today.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I’ve got an idea how about inviting the Olympic clay shooters in for a bit of practice, sure they’ll knock them out

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By *ostafunMan over a year ago

near ipswich

well i hope they catch the inconsiderate bastards and lock them up for a long time with people whos family's have been effected.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"well i hope they catch the inconsiderate bastards and lock them up for a long time with people whos family's have been effected. "

I agree. People with kids along with people going to see relatives and loved ones are very upset that their Christmas holidays and family reunions are ruined by these scumbags.

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan over a year ago

Coventry

As a drone owner I feel very sorry for the poor people who have had their travel plans disrupted and very angry at the cunt(s) who have caused it.

A couple of Christmases ago I bought myself the DJI Mavic Pro.

Thousands of people in the UK bought them as they record high quality, stabilised 4K video and are amazing technology and safety features. They record their takeoff position with GPS and take a downward photo so that hitting the ‘return to home’ button makes them fly back land within a few inches of where they took off. Max speed 40pmh, max range of several miles, though any obstructions blocking the signal will significantly reduce that. Battery time about 20 minutes.

Takes seconds to land, swap the battery and take off again. They were about £1100 at the time.

I’ve used mine to supplement my home videos with some spectacular aerial shots (of my car, house, pond, wild flower patch).

I’ve been careful to fly legally. Operator error is the usual reason they crash. 2017 remembrance day I was in the crowd outside of Redditch church when I heard and then saw a Mavic flying high overhead. Definitely illegal. Was nothing anyone could have done at the time.

With regard to Gatwick, I’m surprised that this hasn’t happened before. It’s easy to do it and environmental campaigners would easily have the cash and coordination to fly multiple drones. Could take off in a hotel room, fly it through a patio window and control it from there. Though it would be loud enough for other guests to hear.

Could drive around and take off from any 2 metre clear patch of land. Or even the car roof.

Someone suggested blocking the wifi frequencies. The drones use a different frequency. If the make of drone is known, then they could potentially intercept the signal and interrupt it and even find the transmitter location, but that would require some some sophisticated equipment and know-how which would take significant effort, time and money to organise.

Shooting them down is problematic because they are relatively small, move fast and bullets landing in a city are potentially lethal.

Flying near with a helicopter would be dangerous because a drone could take out a tail rotor.

Firing nets from the ground feels like a ridiculous idea. Drone would be too high, small and fast.

Training eagles to take them out is a ridiculous idea because the propeller blades could kill the bird and this isn’t Lord of the Rings.

I honestly don’t know what the solution is but they need to do something to stop it happening again.

Speaking for myself and probably for other responsible drone owners, I hope they catch the scumbags responsible and give them serious jail time. They don’t represent the vast majority of the drone flying community. I hope there isn’t backlash against all drone flying or fliers and I hope they don’t tighten the already strict laws.

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

Latest info says its someone driving around with loads of charged up batteries.

As with all these things I have no idea what to believe"

Could be a long standing yet unverified single guy on Fab who's got a meet planned for tonight with a definitely not fake new hot 18 year old nympho profile but who's wife was arriving back early yesterday from an overseas business trip?

Maybe he didn't want to look like a timewaster and cancel on him......I mean her.

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By *ross-eyed MaryMan over a year ago

Salisbury

Reports coming in that the signals controlling the drone are on a frequency used commonly in Russia.

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Reports coming in that the signals controlling the drone are on a frequency used commonly in Russia. "

It's them two from Salisbury again isn't it?

Obviously just plane spotting.......

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By *layfullsamMan over a year ago

Solihull

The drone owner has highlighted what seems to be an inadequate response to such a small threat.

I'm sure security people will be given a rollocking in private for taking so long to put this to bed.

The sad thing is that others might catch on and repeat it elsewhere at highly sensitive sites in the UK.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Reports coming in that the signals controlling the drone are on a frequency used commonly in Russia.

It's them two from Salisbury again isn't it?

Obviously just plane spotting.......

Clem and Scarlet?

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

I didn't think it was put to bed - I could well be wrong.

Isn't this just a case of the drone operator decided to just STOP?

In other words, this could happen again by exactly the same person or people?

They wern't caught.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I also think they should shoot it down.

Bullets that go up also come down at enough velocity to kill somebody. They wouldn’t risk it in a built up area.

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By *bi HaiveMan over a year ago
Forum Mod

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Reports coming in that the signals controlling the drone are on a frequency used commonly in Russia.

It's them two from Salisbury again isn't it?

Obviously just plane spotting.......

Clem and Scarlet?

Shhhhhhh....you'll blow the 'Russians' cover story.

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan over a year ago

Kent

"I didn't think it was put to bed - I could well be wrong.

Isn't this just a case of the drone operator decided to just STOP?

In other words, this could happen again by exactly the same person or people?

They wern't caught."

£5m was paid in bitcoins to an account in the Cayman Islands.

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF) over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Of corse there is always the theory that while the whole country was obsessing about what what going on at Gatwick that something else was going on

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By *layfullsamMan over a year ago

Solihull

Anyone else think it's corbyn related to distract people from the stupid woman incident

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By *thwalescplCouple over a year ago

brecon

I think the boys from Brawdy are on their way.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

As I half expected and feared, the drone/s are back up.

These people of interest the Police talk about are really taking the piss now.

If it is them.

Gatwick has suspended flights....again

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think the boys from Brawdy are on their way.

Showing your age there!!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Just shows how useless and incompetent those in charge in this country are.... politicians, company bosses....the list goes on.

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan over a year ago

Kent

Trained porpoises could stop this. Maybe it's even being done by trained porpoises.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The Gatwick Drones. Great name for a band

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By *ross-eyed MaryMan over a year ago

Salisbury

I'm not remotely interested in this, so please stop droning on about it.

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By *osweet69Couple over a year ago

portsmouth

Someone or several people would have made a lot of money out of this.

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By *2000ManMan over a year ago

Worthing

Where is CI5 and their Capris when you need them?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Terrorists

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Just shows how useless and incompetent those in charge in this country are.... politicians, company bosses....the list goes on."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Anyone else think it's corbyn related to distract people from the stupid woman incident

Hmmmm I got a WhatsApp sent with a photo of may flying a drone..."titled" That will take their minds off brexit for a while

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I would have thought they could triangulate where the transmition is emulating from. Obviously not

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seen the news?

Absolute chaos as drones have been spotted over the airport.

The airport is closed, well the runway is.

This been going on since 9pm and police can't locate the operater/s.

They won't shoot it or them down incase of a stray bullet.

Just shoot it ffs.

I saw one for sale yesterday for £75. The box was the same size as one of those huge tellies you can get.

£75 is a decent amount of money but at the same time it's small.

Absolute chaos!

Upside is it’s quiet over our house today

Hmmmm...

you own a drone by any chance?

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By *illen5Man over a year ago

Bath

I think you can pre-programme it with way points. The back to base function has been around for donkeys.

It will likely be someone in a car or van.

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By *illen5Man over a year ago

Bath

I can see airport drone cops being formed.

You could train a bird to drop a bundle of entangling threads on it.

Too far fetched?

Better still train seagulls to fly into it. Two birds with one....um bird.

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By *ce WingerMan over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I didn't think it was put to bed - I could well be wrong.

Isn't this just a case of the drone operator decided to just STOP?

In other words, this could happen again by exactly the same person or people?

They wern't caught."

Maybe just proving how easy it is to interrupt and ruin a lot of people's lives over the Christmas period? Sad fuckers

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I can see airport drone cops being formed.

You could train a bird to drop a bundle of entangling threads on it.

Too far fetched?

Better still train seagulls to fly into it. Two birds with one....um bird."
would be better if the drone could be tracked so they can be caught

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By *ubiousOatcakeMan over a year ago

Aberdeenshire

"Just shows how useless and incompetent those in charge in this country are.... politicians, company bosses....the list goes on."

People citing this incident as evidence for the incompetence of politicians and company owners, for example.

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By *layfullsamMan over a year ago

Solihull

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By *uzzy NavelWoman over a year ago

so near and yet so far....

"I didn't think it was put to bed - I could well be wrong.

Isn't this just a case of the drone operator decided to just STOP?

In other words, this could happen again by exactly the same person or people?

They wern't caught.

Maybe just proving how easy it is to interrupt and ruin a lot of people's lives over the Christmas period? Sad fuckers

Disrupted my Brothers plans to fly home as his flight was cancelled

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By *ENGUYMan over a year ago

Hull

"I can see airport drone cops being formed.

You could train a bird to drop a bundle of entangling threads on it.

Too far fetched?

Better still train seagulls to fly into it. Two birds with one....um bird. would be better if the drone could be tracked so they can be caught"

There are already training programmes in place in the UK and in a few global countries to train Eagles & other Birds of Prey to hunt drones and return them to authorities.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad."

It’s a genuine risk. You can’t just shoot bullets willy billy into the sky, they come down again. There’s a story just today of a guy sitting at a family meal in Miami, outdoors and he was struck in his chest by a stray bullet fired from god knows where. Nobody heard a gun shot so it came from mikes away. Probably some idiot firing into the sky for no apparent reason.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man over a year ago

Cardiff

"In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad.

Birdshot/shotguns

But you'd have to get close and I'm sure the drone would wait and fly away just at the right moment.

Just jam the electrics but it might just fall from the sky and who knows where it could land? M25

Update this morning. Pice have arrested a man and woman. I just hope they were the operators and not copycat operators or whatever.

The police need to hold the power here and be in control, not the criminal (bit obvious I suppose) but if the operator decides to stop, they still hold the power.

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By *idlandiaMan over a year ago

Birmingham

I'm astounded nobody came up with using an emp gun (electro magnetic pulse).

No stray bullets to worry about and due to the weight issues involved in drone design even a relatively low power device would fry the drones electrics easily.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm astounded nobody came up with using an emp gun (electro magnetic pulse).

No stray bullets to worry about and due to the weight issues involved in drone design even a relatively low power device would fry the drones electrics easily. "

Not easily when it pops up and down and no one knows where it is.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad."

Not really thought that one through eh?

Firing guns in the air in London haha

Keyboard experts lol

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By *loswingersCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,

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By *loswingersCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad.

Not really thought that one through eh?

Firing guns in the air in London haha

Keyboard experts lol"

It does seem odd that the second busiest airport should just shut down over this . How do you think other countries manage to keep theirs open ?

I’m pretty sure a marksman would be capable of hitting it , or use another drone to catch the rogue drone ?

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By *sGivesWoodWoman over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

"Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,"

Old enough to know better, good suggestions.

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By *abioMan over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,"

48hrs to charge or release them.....if they charge them.. don't bail them out till after xmas!!

that would be an ironic first step being in mind the chaos they caused to everyone else!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,

48hrs to charge or release them.....if they charge them.. don't bail them out till after xmas!!

that would be an ironic first step being in mind the chaos they caused to everyone else!"

Revenge, unlike turkey is best served cold

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You can't really shoot them down, an airport is a huge place and these things move very fast and very unpredictably, so you're always going to be shooting from quite far with a powerful round.

That means it's going to come in horizontal into populated areas and still be lethal.

Also "'drone spotted, great let's jump in the van and hope it's still there when we've driven the 5 miniutes it takes to get there"

No one really has a good solution for these issues yet, the closest is other drones with nets hanging or crashing into them.

But if yours is just a bit slower then you can't do anything really.

And the jamming the signals is possible (see Iran stealing the USA drone that way) but while it's feasible to wipe out all GPS and radio in an unpopulated dessert , in Gatwick? Not really possible without making the situation 1000's of times worse.

Waiting and looking for the operator is pretty much the best of a bad bunch of options.

The typical toy drone isnt going to really bother a plane but if somones doing it deliberately then whos to say he hasn't based the frame around a solid metal bar that will shatter everything in an engine?

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By *xtrafun4youMan over a year ago

Dunstable

exactly what I was thinking "
Dead right they are just behind with tec! Billion pounds in travel disruptions. All they need is a bit is tec. Most drone are restricted and will not fly in ban zones.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In any other country, they would have shot the damn thing down. How they must laugh at us with our stupid elf and safety gone mad.

Not really thought that one through eh?

Firing guns in the air in London haha

Keyboard experts lol

It does seem odd that the second busiest airport should just shut down over this . How do you think other countries manage to keep theirs open ?

I’m pretty sure a marksman would be capable of hitting it , or use another drone to catch the rogue drone ?

They keep thiers open the same way we have, untill now no one has been stupid enough to do this.

But remeber an airport is massive so once somone sights it its going to take miniutes for your marksman or other drone to get there. By which point its fucked off lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,"

No put them amongst the delayed passengers at Gatwick .....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Seems a 47 year old man and a 54 year old woman have been arrested in respect of this .

Hope the pair of mindless morons get a heavy punishment , better still , put them in a plane and have it on auto pilot so that they’re the only ones on it , and have a drone or two crash into it ,

No put them amongst the delayed passengers at Gatwick ....."

Pretty sure there's something banning that in the Geneva convention!

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By *idlandiaMan over a year ago

Birmingham

"I'm astounded nobody came up with using an emp gun (electro magnetic pulse).

No stray bullets to worry about and due to the weight issues involved in drone design even a relatively low power device would fry the drones electrics easily.

Not easily when it pops up and down and no one knows where it is. "
it's a lightweight device requiring no special training. Pretty much any of the airport staff could be issued one and use it. And even if it only got a 10% chance of a hit per pop up, that's still 10% better than the 0% they currently have.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm astounded nobody came up with using an emp gun (electro magnetic pulse).

No stray bullets to worry about and due to the weight issues involved in drone design even a relatively low power device would fry the drones electrics easily.

Not easily when it pops up and down and no one knows where it is. it's a lightweight device requiring no special training. Pretty much any of the airport staff could be issued one and use it. And even if it only got a 10% chance of a hit per pop up, that's still 10% better than the 0% they currently have. "

Well the massive conventional explosions that is used to generate the EMP by rapidly forcing the coil through a field will require some training to use....You know cause it's a massive bomb.

Emp guns aren't a thing emp devices are but they are weapons of war They're a big bomb that also produces a lot of em radiation.

But if they were a thing people firing them around an airport filled with critical very sensitive electronic equipment wouldn't be very good.

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By *ubiousOatcakeMan over a year ago

Aberdeenshire

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