UK’s Gatwick Airport Runway Reopens

London: The runway at Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second busiest, reopened on Friday after more than 32 hours of complete shutdown due to drone sightings, affecting over 110,000 passengers during the busiest travel period of the year. “Gatwick’s runway is currently available and a limited number of aircraft are scheduled for departure and arrival,” the airport said on Friday. According to Flight Radar 24, a Thomas Cook flight was the first to land at the airport after almost two days of chaos.

Gatwick Chief Operating Officer Chris Woodroofe said the police had not yet found the drone operator but a hunt was on. Police officials say an environmental activist might be behind the act, the BBC reported. The police were considering shooting the drone down, a “tactical option” previously ruled out over concerns for stray bullets, the BBC reported. Sussex Police spokesman Jason Tingley said the force would “do what we can to take that drone out of the sky”. (IANS)

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