After the travel chaos of last week, experts are divided on how best to effectively counter the airborne menace
Waiting at the airport in Antigua on Friday evening with her 10-year-old son, Shemar, Shemika Simon must have wondered whether she would ever make it to Britain in time to spend Christmas with her family. Earlier in the week, Gatwick airport, her intended destination, had been plunged into chaos by the sighting of a drone hovering near its runway. Its reappearance on Friday did not bode well.
“My heart was in my hand when I saw the drone – I thought our flight would be cancelled,” said Simon. But, by midday yesterday, she had arrived at Gatwick. The experience, though, had left her bewildered. “It’s crazy that a drone could cause so much disruption and actually take flights off course.”
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