UK police free 2 drone suspects in Gatwick travel chaos

23 December 2018, 2:29 pm

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British police release a man and a woman arrested in connection with the drone incursions at London’s Gatwick Airport that disrupted holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers.

Sussex police say the two cooperated with police and are no longer considered suspects in the case. They were arrested late Friday. Both live in Crawley, a town that is a five-minute drive from Gatwick, Britain’s second-busiest airport.

Flights to and from Gatwick have been operating normally today, airport authorities say, after days of disruptions began Wednesday night when drones were seen over the airfield.

Authorities fear that a drone could damage a plane in flight or be sucked into a plane’s engine, causing a deadly crash.

— AP