With five days left till Christmas, passengers arriving & departing UK's second busiest airport London Gatwick is grounded due to drones flew over the airfield last night and this morning. The police are currently on the hunt on the drone pilot & the owner for flying it over the illegal airfield that's not prohibited by law.
Passengers who have their flights booked leaving the UK will have their flights delayed & cancellations until further notice. Flights inbound to London Gatwick have been diverted to London Heathrow, London Luton, London Stansted and Birmingham. Also other diversions is extended to Paris Charles de Gaulle, France and Amsterdam, The Netherlands until London Gatwick is opened. Airliners can offer customers for transporting to another flight at anther airport depending how many seats are available, claim compensation and offer a hotel stay till more information for future flights.
It might take days for the airport to recover on such horrific incident to all it's customers who are travelling over the Christmas Holidays but safety is the number one priority.
You can keep up to date on London Gatwick's social media sites for any update when the airport will resume and please contact your airline if your flights is & might be disrupted
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