‘No-fly zones’ around airport runways extended following Gatwick and Heathrow drone chaos February 20, 2019 Drones and similar model aircraft will be banned from flying within a five kilometre radius from airport runways following the havoc they wreaked at the Gatwick and Heathrow runways last year. The extended "no-fly zone" for drones and similar aircraft has been extended from one kilometre to five kilometres following recent episodes of disruption. Over [...]
Quit nostalgic navel-gazing and get excited for the future February 11, 2019 The thing about the 1970s – if you lived through them – is that they were for the most part dull and dour years, devoid of political and economic energy. And as for the fashion, don’t even go there. Yet there seems to be no shortage of fresh-faced tweets proclaiming those years to be something [...]
Gatwick drone chaos costs Easyjet £15m but shares rise as profits stay the course January 22, 2019 Drone disruption at Gatwick cost Easyjet £15m, the airline revealed today, as it said that 82,000 passengers were affected by the incident, but shares rose as profits stayed the course. Easyjet was forced to spend £10m in customer welfare costs and lost £5m in revenue, it confirmed in a trading update this morning, as it [...]
Police appeal for clues in search for Heathrow drone suspect January 9, 2019 Police are appealing for information as they hunt for a drone which grounded flights at Heathrow yesterday. Officers were sent to the scene as a suspected drone was spotted flying over the country’s busiest airport at around 5pm yesterday afternoon. Read more: Heathrow Airport suspends departures after possible drone sighting Flights were grounded as police investigated [...]
Police and army launch investigation after drone grounds Heathrow flights January 9, 2019 Police have brought in help from the military as they carry out an investigation into a drone sighting that brought Heathrow airport to a standstill last night. The Met police said it has launched a “full criminal investigation” into the drone, which grounded flights for roughly an hour last night, just weeks after a similar [...]
Heathrow Airport suspends departures after possible drone sighting January 8, 2019 Planes have been grounded at Heathrow after the airport confirmed there had been drone sighting just weeks after a similar problem at Gatwick forced the airport to a grinding halt. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “We are currently responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow and are working closely with the Met Police to prevent any threat to [...]
Police handed new powers to tackle illegal drones after Gatwick chaos January 8, 2019 Police are to get additional powers to help combat the illegal use of drones following the mass disruption at Gatwick airport last month. Thousands of flights were grounded at Gatwick between 19 December and 21 December after drones were repeatedly sighted close to the runway. Read more: Gatwick and Heathrow spend millions to avoid more [...]
Government considers expanding drone exclusion zone around airports after Gatwick chaos January 5, 2019 The government will consider expanding the drone exclusion zone around UK airports from 1km to 5km in the wake of the disruption at Gatwick Airport just before Christmas. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles is set to be further restricted following a consultation on drones, to which the government will issue a response before the end of [...]
Gatwick and Heathrow spend millions on anti-drone equipment after Christmas travel chaos January 4, 2019 Gatwick and Heathrow are spending millions of pounds on anti-drone technology after drones disrupted thousands of passengers in the run-up to Christmas. The airports, which are the two busiest in the UK, have invested in military-grade equipment designed to jam drone signals. Read more: Drones, AI and 5G: Our tech predictions for 2019 A spokesperson [...]
Plans for tiny robot workers to fix Britain’s underground pipes get £7m government backing January 3, 2019 Tiny robots the size of a human fingernail will one day swim and crawl along Britain’s vast network of underground pipes, working in teams to carry out repairs in place of people. The government is to plough £7m into the creation of the micro robots, which it hopes will one day perform infrastructure maintenance work on pipes, [...]