Here we go again. All flights were grounded at London Heathrow Airport on Tuesday night after a drone was sighted in the vicinity. It was an eerily similar repeat of an incident three weeks ago at nearby Gatwick Airport.
Drone Sighting Closes London Heathrow Airport
Key Takeaways:
- Heathrow Airport grounded all flights due to a drone sighting, an incident eerily similar to a disruption at Gatwick Airport just three weeks prior.
- The Heathrow closure lasted about 90 minutes, causing significant flight delays and reroutes, while the previous Gatwick incident shut down operations for 36 hours.
- London officials are now considering deploying military-grade drone detection and counter-measure technology to combat these airport incursions.
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