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Gatwick Chaos
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThey seem to get away with labelling honest citizens as Enemies of the People.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostThey wereComment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIn the opinion of our resident ne'er-do-well.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIn the opinion of our resident ne'er-do-well.Comment
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Hmmmm. I'm a member of the local police search team and just got an email requesting my presence to "Help Police and other agencies with Drone activities at Gatwick Airport" Dunno, feeling knackered as usual.
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Site says "Sorry, registrations are no longer available for Gatwick Drone Actvity". Email went out at 9.45 last night when I was watching Father Brown, so obviously been a big rush. So I won't be spending today poking about in bushes looking for whatever.
They'll regret not having the benefit of xoggoth's superb sleuthing activities.Last edited by xoggoth; 24 December 2018, 08:53.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostComment
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Strange really - seems there was no drone at all.
Managed to ground a few flights for a few days - probably gave them some time for extra security 'checks'
Or maybe there is nothing in that at all.Comment
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WTF!
Gatwick: suspects exonerated as confusion deepens over drone attack | UK news | The Guardian
Confusion deepened as a senior police officer in the case said it was “always a possibility that there may not have been any genuine drone activity in the first place”. DCS Jason Tingley added that although the damaged drone was a significant line of inquiry, wet weather could have washed away evidence. He also noted that there were no pictures or video of the drone incursions into the airspace around Gatwick . He said there was “no available footage and [officers] are relying on witness accounts”.
They didn't get eyes on before pulling the plug? Who are these morons, they should be the ones on the front pages of the gutter press.
"Sir we have reports of a drone inside the perimeter fence"
"Who's reporting it?"
"Some guy walking his dog"
"So not even a plane spotter that may know how to tell the difference between a drone, and you know, the various types of aircraft coming into this airport?"
"Nope just some old duffer"
"Alright better close the place down, can't take any risk"
"Shouldn't we get visual confirmation from airport security"
"Nope, public witness accounts can be relied upon, hit the panic button"
It can't be true. I'm embarrassed for them.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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