What the records say
- When
- 19 Dec 2018 – 21 Dec 2018
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.15° N, 0.19° W
- Description
- aviation incident in December 2018 involving a drone
- Deaths
- 0
Gatwick Airport drone incident
Aviation incident in England, 2018
Between 19 and 21 December 2018, hundreds of flights were cancelled at Gatwick Airport near London, England, following reports of drone sightings close to the runway. With 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights affected, it was the biggest disruption at Gatwick since its closure following the 2010 volcano eruptions in Iceland.
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