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UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm
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Quote:Tens of thousands of passengers have been disrupted by drones flying over one of the UK's busiest airports.
Gatwick's runway has been shut since Wednesday night, as devices have been repeatedly flying over the airfield.
Sussex Police said it was not terror-related but a "deliberate act" of disruption, using "industrial specification" drones.
About 110,000 passengers on 760 flights were due to fly on Thursday. Disruption could last "several days".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
I think man-made climate change (MMCC) activists are the most likely culprits. How inventive 
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 2:35 pm
I think its stupid people, that clearly need regulation. It happened in Portugal. How do you go about your conclusion is right about weird.
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 2:42 pm
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"Stupid people"...with the commitment, finances and coordination to ground a whole airport at one of the busiest times of the year with "industrial grade drones" for...shits and giggles? And you say my explanation is weird...
Not to mention the fact they've managed to evade capture thus far. "Stupid people" lol
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:07 pm
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:22 pm
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:34 pm
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(December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm)Editz Wrote: I think man-made climate change (MMCC) activists are the most likely culprits. How inventive
That'd be a rare show of competence, lol.
(what happened to AGW?)
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:40 pm
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The more names it has the better...another is MMGW. David Attenborough and Stephen Hawkins...hardly incompetent. Trump OTOH...
ETA: Also the sad truth is that "anthropogenic" is an awfully long and inaccessible word for many in the UK 
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:55 pm
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 3:56 pm
(December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm)Editz Wrote: I think man-made climate change (MMCC) activists are the most likely culprits. How inventive
How did you draw that conclusion?
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RE: UK Gatwick airport flights grounded by drones
December 20, 2018 at 4:01 pm
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(December 20, 2018 at 3:56 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: (December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm)Editz Wrote: I think man-made climate change (MMCC) activists are the most likely culprits. How inventive
How did you draw that conclusion?
I've been wondering for some time why, say, Extinction Rebellion haven't been targeting airports. Jet planes dump tons of CO2 straight into the upper atmosphere see - it's one of the very worst (and most needless, frankly) causes of AGW.
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