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London Gatwick Shut by `Deliberate' Drone Raid Amid Holiday Rush
London’s Gatwick airport is closed to aircraft following multiple sightings of illegal drones, disrupting flights for as many as 115,000 people on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Lines of passengers circled Gatwick’s two terminals Thursday and hundreds hunkered down on departure-hall floors, with the airport saying at 11:30 a.m. that it could give no indication of when it might reopen. Police said the incursions were clearly deliberate though most likely not terror related. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
One drawback with jamming frequencies is that this could disrupt the commercial aircraft using the airport as well. There would have to be an instrument that can home in on the frequency of the drone without affecting the legal users within the airport perimeter.
Can anybody design such an instrument that can home in and jam the frequency of the drone and maybe even take over control of it...? The military may already have such equipment or something similar.
Can anybody design such an instrument that can home in and jam the frequency of the drone and maybe even take over control of it...? The military may already have such equipment or something similar.
What commercial aircraft though? The airport was basically shut down.
Most of the drones of that type are GPS directed. They're not using any frequency that could be disrupted without disrupting all GPS related information in the area. They are pre-programmed, launched, perform their "mission" and return to wherever they are told without any radio communication.
I've read that trained birds work fairly well. The Tower has plenty of ravens. Time they earned their keep.
Hard to believe they don't use the technology available to "shoot down" drones. i.e. dronsheild.com
Don't forget the UK has fallen. Critical comments against islam will get you jail time.
Don't forget the UK has fallen. Critical comments against islam will get you jail time.
My neighbor has two daughters who lounge next to the pool. One of the idiot drone types up the street used to fly his drone over their yard, at the time it was assumed he was taking photos...later proven true. Larry got a hose blaster attached to his garden hose...down came the drone.
Cops showed up questioned Larry told the drone operator nothing we can do. The drone was never found.
Cops showed up questioned Larry told the drone operator nothing we can do. The drone was never found.
What the Fxxx has it got to do with islam?
RPV’s deliberately flown over the airport (not just somewhere in the flight path by mistake), and disrupting operations is not a frat prank. Just because no one was killed or shouted something in Arabic, doesn’t mean it isn’t terrorism. Deliberate disruption to flight ops is pretty bad. The fact that they were helpless to do anything about it speaks volumes and will be noted by those perpetrating this stunt and I’m certain this was merely one, of many tests to come.
Are we going to have to jam the frequencies these things operate on around airfield perimeters? Will it even help?