departure at Heathrow airdrome in London , the meddling airport in Britain , were stopped over reports of a drone pipe fell nearby , in a bizarre case that repeat disturbances at London ’s Gatwick drome last month .
“ We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow and are working closely with the Met Police to prevent any threat to operational base hit , ” Heathrowtweetedat 5:47pm local prison term , 12:47pm ET .
“ As a precautionary measure , we have discontinue loss while we inquire . We apologize to rider for any inconvenience this may do . ”
According tothe BBC , passengers wait on the tarmac are n’t being told why they ’re not strike off , just that they ’re “ not going anywhere . ”
Gatwick Airport , the secondly meddlesome airport in the UK , was shut out down for two full days last calendar month because someone thought they saw a drone or drones , something that can pose a menace to airplane due to the risk of infection of collision . The British military was even holler in , despite the fact that no video or still photos were ever capture of the supposed drone .
Two multitude were eventually arrested over the Gatwick incident but they were unblock after it was determined that they hadnothing to do with the apparent knave drone . The entire situation is weird , to say the least .
We ’ll update this article as we learn more .
Update , 2:01pm : Departures have resumed , according to the Heathrow AirportTwitter account :
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1082711649189011456
But much like the Gatwick Airport close down , there have n’t been any images to surface of the supposed dawdler .
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