Egg continues to congeal on the faces of officials involved in the notorious 2018 Gatwick Airport drone controversy – an enduring flap that may explain why a recent report of the “deliberate obstruction” of an approaching plane by a UAV in the restricted airspace wasn’t exactly shouted to the rooftops.

The incident occurred on the afternoon of February 26, when an A321 passenger plane preparing to land at London’s Gatwick Airport came within 40 feet of a drone that crew members described as “black with yellow stripes and no lighting.” With the jet descending fast in full landing mode, pilots were unable to make any maneuvers to avoid the craft, and watched it blast by flying in the opposite direction below them. Gatwick flight controllers deemed the presence of the drone – and crew description of its “deliberate obstruction” of their approach – sufficient grounds to halt flights in or out until they’d obtained radar evidence the UAV was gone…

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Source: dronedj.com