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This is not the first time Gatwick has been targeted by suspected drones.Īctivity at Gatwick saw around 1,000 flights cancelled or diverted between December 19 to 21 in 2018.

The incident happened at 3.21pm on February 24 while the jet was climbing to its cruising height in an area just north of Uckfield, East Sussex. If a drone operator had been identified, they could have been convicted of endangering an aircraft and jailed for up to five years. Investigators were unable to confirm that the object was a drone due to a lack of evidence other than the account of the two pilots. There could have been catastrophic consequences if the device had gone into one of the jet’s engines or smashed the cockpit screen.ĭrones are normally limited to flying at up to 400ft, meaning that the suspected drone was potentially at more than 12 times the maximum legal altitude. It is believed that the drone may have been flown by a rogue operator wanting to get dramatic video footage of an airliner flying past. The pilots immediately informed air traffic controllers who put out a warning to other planes departing from Gatwick. Drone activity at Gatwick saw around 1,000 flights cancelled or diverted between December 19 to 21 in 2018.Ī report by the UK Airprox Board, the official body for assessing near misses, revealed that the pilots initially thought the object was a bird before concluding it was a drone being flown illegally.

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