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Wednesday 30 September 2020
A spokesperson confirmed the issue involved a flight which arrived from Poland.
A vehicle was cleared onto the runway in front of an Aer Lingus jet which was travelling at over 110km/h.
The couple was completely innocent.
The airport is offering a €56,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disruption.
Flights resumed at Gatwick yesterday, but knock-on delays are still affecting passengers this weekend.
More delays have been experienced.
It will take some days for services to return to normal after drones caused travel chaos at the busy airport.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Two drones were first seen flying over the Gatwick Airport airfield at around 9pm yesterday evening.
The flights were cancelled due to “lengthy waiting times for de-icing”.
The flight departed several hours late from Gatwick on Thursday.
Five flights were diverted from the airport – including one BA plane, which was sent to Bournemouth.
The meltdown, which saw 75,000 passengers stranded, was at first suspected to be the result of a cyber attack.
All flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick were suspended yesterday following the delays.
Steven Gary Hydes was abandoned as a baby on 10 April, 1986.
The family have been given no explanation and will not be refunded for their £9,000 trip.
The airport worker – along with three others – was jailed for smuggling almost a million euro worth of drugs.
Police said a suspicious item had sparked a security alert.
As one passenger put it, the man had a falling out with airline staff after they asked him to “put a bag in a bag”.
Quite literally. There could be 158 million barrels worth of the stuff beneath Gatwick Airport alone.
A fault in the landing gear forced the plane to turn back earlier today.
The 59-year-old targeted people who were travelling on their own, waited until they were distracted, and then took their bags.
Passengers at Dublin Airport were among thousands affected by the technical problem.
The airline has said that there is no mayday situation onboard. The plane dumped or burned off fuel over the Irish Sea before turning back.
Figures compiled by Eurostat show that passenger numbers in Ireland fell by a greater proportion than those of any other.
Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights are among those affected by heavy snowfall in the UK and on the continent.
Fumes were discovered in the rear of the cabin of a flight from northern Spain to London last month.
A MAJOR REPORT into the post office network, set to be published later today, will reveal that it’s close to collapse unless state support is provided.
The report, commissioned by the Irish Postmasters’ Union and carried out by business advisers Grant Thornton, paints a picture of a service that is at a “critical” juncture.
Postal workers were hailed at the start of the pandemic for keeping us connected with letters and delivering much-needed online orders to our homes.
But it’s also true that sending a letter to friends or family has become much less popular, following the rise of social media and email.
So today we want to know: When was the last time you sent a letter or card to friends or family?
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