However, The Register warns that new rules “would not have stopped the chaos that shut [Gatwick] down for days during peak holiday season”.
Ian Povey of Clear Vision Security told the site: “No-fly zones are practically impossible to implement or police, and if a drone enters them then the incursion will still cause disruption to the airport.”
Underlining that point, The Registers notes that all the reported sightings of drones near Gatwick Airport were within the current 1km no-fly zone – “meaning they broke the law anyway”.
However, The Register warns that new rules “would not have stopped the chaos that shut [Gatwick] down for days during peak holiday season”.
Ian Povey of Clear Vision Security told the site: “No-fly zones are practically impossible to implement or police, and if a drone enters them then the incursion will still cause disruption to the airport.”
Underlining that point, The Registers notes that all the reported sightings of drones near Gatwick Airport were within the current 1km no-fly zone – “meaning they broke the law anyway”.