{"id":6110,"date":"2019-01-08T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/heathrow-airport-drone-sighting-halts-departures\/"},"modified":"2019-01-08T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:47:01","slug":"heathrow-airport-drone-sighting-halts-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/heathrow-airport-drone-sighting-halts-departures\/","title":{"rendered":"Heathrow airport: Drone sighting halts departures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Heathrow airport\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/BAA4\/production\/_105108774_heathrow2_pa.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">PA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Departures at Heathrow were temporarily stopped after a drone was reported to have been sighted. <\/p>\n<p>Flights from the west London airport resumed about an hour after police said a drone had been seen. <\/p>\n<p>A Heathrow spokeswoman had said it was a &#8220;precautionary measure&#8221; to &#8220;prevent any threat to operational safety&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>It comes after last month&#8217;s disruption at Gatwick Airport which saw thousands of people stranded when drones were sighted.  <\/p>\n<p>The spokeswoman said: &#8220;We continue to work closely with the Met Police to respond to reports of drones at Heathrow. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on standard operating procedures, working with Air Traffic Control and the Met Police, we have resumed departures out of Heathrow following a short suspension. We continue to monitor this situation and apologise to any passengers that were affected by this disruption.&#8221; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46632892\" class=\"story-body__link\">How can a drone cause so much chaos?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46787730\" class=\"story-body__link\">New powers to tackle illegal drone use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police said they received reports of a drone sighting near Heathrow at about 17:05 GMT.  <\/p>\n<p>Before the confirmation flights had resumed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/transportgovuk\/status\/1082702617120247808\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said<\/a> he was in contact with the airport about the drone sighting, and had spoken to the home secretary and defence secretary. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">PA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 140,000 passengers at Gatwick were affected during 36 hours of chaos between 19 and 21 December.<\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 flights were cancelled there over three days due to the drone sightings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46754489\" class=\"story-body__link\">Gatwick said last week<\/a> that it had spent \u00a35m to prevent future attacks. Heathrow also confirmed it would be buying systems to guard against drones.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46787730\" class=\"story-body__link\">it was announced this week<\/a> that police would be given new powers to tackle the illegal use of drones. <\/p>\n<p>Passengers stuck at Heathrow expressed their frustration at having to wait to depart while the airport responded to the sighting. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>John Grant, industry advisor to air travel data specialists OAG, told the BBC it was &#8220;almost inevitable&#8221; after what happened at Gatwick that there would be &#8220;a heightened state of awareness and these types of incidents could possibly reoccur&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Has your journey been affected? 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Flights from the west London airport resumed about an hour after police said a drone had been seen. A Heathrow spokeswoman had said it was a &#8220;precautionary measure&#8221; to &#8220;prevent any threat to operational safety&#8221;. 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