Gatwick drone was an inside job, carried out by someone who ‘had a link into what was going on at the airport’ says airport chief

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The drone attack on Gatwick airport was an inside job carried out by someone who had a link into what was going on at the airport, says its chief.

In his first interview since the chaotic episode in December last year, Gatwick's chief operating officer, Chris Woodroofe said that the drone's pilot "seemed to be able to see what was happening on the runway" and that the vehicle was specially designed to avoid detection.

 

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Using the web based 'Flightradar 24' provides the means to view the airports ground operation vehicles which use the call sign 'Leader'.

. 'characteristic cross shape' - Like a bird you mean? Ha 'drone detection system' - You mean the one that can't detect drones? 'but everyone was safe' - The dickhead Woodroofe trying to make feeble excuses for his abject incompetence you mean?

Well, masses of people are said by the Chief to have seen the drone on multiple occasions Why haven’t they come forward? Why no photos in one of the most heavily CCTVed places on earth? Unhappily comes across as an exercise in back covering. We live in an age of incompetence.

Of course it was to stands to reason, like a lot of these things are, that seem to be happening just to bring about as much disruption, as it can.

I dunno, am I missing something here? The drone pilot “seemed to be able to see what was happening on the runway'. Well, of course they could; THEY HAD A CHUFFING DRONE!

UAP.

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