'Suspected drone' disrupts Gatwick Airport flights

Operations astatine Gatwick Airport were disrupted aft a suspected drone was seen adjacent to the airfield.

A spokesperson for the airdrome successful West Sussex said operations were suspended temporarily conscionable before13:45 BST but resumed astir 50 minutes later.

He said 12 inbound craft were diverted to different airports during the incidental but galore were expected to instrumentality to Gatwick connected Sunday.

No-one was ever prosecuted implicit the incidental that caused chaos for travellers, affecting much than 1,000 flights and astir 140,000 passengers.

A spokesperson for Gatwick said: "Passenger information is the airport's implicit precedence and - pursuing established procedures - operations astatine London Gatwick were suspended temporarily astatine 13:44, portion investigations into the sighting of a suspected drone adjacent to the airfield took place.

"These investigations person present completed and the airfield reopened astatine 14:35."

British Airways said the disruption affected 1 of its flights, which landed astatine Stansted earlier refuelling and returning to Gatwick.