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Two people have been arrested in connection with a string of drone sightings that brought Gatwick Airport to a standstill.<\/p>\n
A 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, from Crawley, were arrested in the town at about 22:00 GMT on Friday.<\/p>\n
Flights had been grounded for more than a day, affecting about 140,000 passengers, after drones were seen near the runway.<\/p>\n
The airport has since reopened and flights are operating on schedule.<\/p>\n
Sussex Police said it was continuing to investigate the “criminal use of drones” and appealed for information.<\/p>\n
The airport said it aimed to run “a full schedule” of 757 flights on Saturday, carrying 124,484 passengers.<\/p>\n
But a spokesman added: “Passengers should expect some delays and cancellations as we continue to recover our operations following three days of disruption.”<\/p>\n
They also urged passengers to check the status of their flight before travelling to the airport.<\/p>\n
Supt James Collis said officers remained at Gatwick, ready to “detect and mitigate” further drone flights by deploying a range of tactics.<\/p>\n
He asked passengers and people living nearby to remain vigilant and report any suspicions.<\/p>\n
“Every line of inquiry will remain open to us until we are confident that we have mitigated further threats to the safety of passengers,” he added.<\/p>\n
Gatwick reopened on Friday morning, although the runway was closed again for a short time after a further confirmed drone sighting at 17:10.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for the airport said military measures put in place at the airfield made it safe to reopen.<\/p>\n
Eleven inbound flights were diverted to other airports during the latest suspension and, while outbound flights would experience a “knock-on delay”, none had been cancelled, she said.<\/p>\n
However, the BBC has been contacted by people claiming their flights were cancelled.<\/p>\n
A small number of flights due to arrive into Gatwick on Saturday were cancelled, according to the airport’s website.<\/p>\n
They include an Easyjet service from Milan and a TUI flight from Barbados.<\/p>\n
A Gatwick spokesman said: “Safety is Gatwick’s top priority and we are grateful for passengers’ continued patience as we work to get them to their final destination in time for Christmas.”<\/p>\n
Passengers are flowing reasonably well through the South Terminal.<\/p>\n
Coming in through arrivals, it’s a different story. Passengers are talking of delays of many hours involving road and ferry diversions.<\/p>\n
More than 1,000 flights were cancelled or diverted during the 36 hours of disruption and that knock-on effect is still being felt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a>