At least two drones behind attack on Gatwick Airport at Christmas

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‘At least two drones’ were behind the attack which caused major disruption at Gatwick Airport in December, a police investigation has concluded.

More than 100,000 people and 1,000 flights were affected when the major airport was shut down for 30 hours just days before Christmas after sightings of drones above its airfield. Read more here

Following an investigation, lasting more than nine months, Sussex Police has ‘concluded that at least two drones were behind the attack’.

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The county police force said the investigation, with support from national expertise, identified, researched and ‘ruled out 96 people of interest’.

Police at Gatwick Airport after drone sightings in DecemberPolice at Gatwick Airport after drone sightings in December