Due to drone activity on the airfield at Gatwick, all arriving and departing flights are currently suspended. Please check with your airline before travelling to the airport today. We're sorry to everyone affected, safety is our number 1 priority . https://t.co/LN7y8GCJoN
— Gatwick Airport LGW (@Gatwick_Airport) December 20, 2018
@BBCBreaking just spotted a Gatwick drone from our plane window pic.twitter.com/0kduKn2mNk
— Ed Wilde (@edwilde) December 20, 2018
— Gatwick Airport LGW (@Gatwick_Airport) December 20, 2018
London Gatwick runway is closed since 6 hours due to ongoing incident with drones. Many passengers are still stuck on board planes. Here are long haul flights arriving in few hours at LGW https://t.co/mA8kWbsU0D pic.twitter.com/tVLpzX80Tr
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) December 20, 2018
Flight from Kiev to #Gatwick was due to land last night at 21.45. We landed in Birmingham airport. Now almost 4am, still on the plane, no food or updates from our crew. Not allowed to disembark. Bodies sleeping on every seat and across the floors. 🇬🇧🙏❤️✈️ #GatwickAirport pic.twitter.com/nBrPquEGFM
— Christopher Lister (@Listy_cl) December 20, 2018
We are now trapped @Gatwick_Airport. We are not allowed to exit the departure area. No sign of @wizzair @guardian @DailyMirror @BBCBreaking @BBC_HaveYourSay pic.twitter.com/XYqUZk9hoA
— andrada tudor (@tudor_andrada) December 20, 2018