London (CNN)The United Kingdom’s second-biggest airport has been closed for more than 19 hours in unprecedented disruption caused by drone sightings, which police have described as a “deliberate act.”
London’s Gatwick Airport has been closed since 9 p.m. on Wednesday — bar a brief reprieve of 45 minutes early Thursday morning — after drones were spotted near the airfield.
As of Thursday afternoon, police were still on the hunt for the drone operators who have brought the airport to a standstill, causing travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers just days before Christmas.
