FILE PHOTO: An airplane takes off at Gatwick Airport, after the airport reopened to flights following its forced closure because of drone activity, in Gatwick, Britain, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
(Reuters) – London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered military-grade anti-drone defences worth “several million pounds” after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
Transport minister Chris Grayling met police, aviation and defence chiefs early on Thursday to discuss the issue, the report said.
The airports did not immediately comment on the report.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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