Two arrested over Gatwick drone sighting as airport reopens

Two people have been arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London Gatwick Airport, police have said, after three days of disruption affected tens of thousands of passengers during the pre-Christmas getaway. Drones were first sighted hovering around Britain's second-busiest air hub on Wednesday, grinding the runway to a standstill and causing chaos for more than 120,000 people. "As part of our ongoing investigations into the criminal use of drones which has severely disrupted flights in and out of Gatwick Airport, Sussex Police made two arrests just after 10:00pm (22:00 GMT) on December 21," the force's Superintendent James Collis said. "Every line of enquiry will remain open to us until we are confident that we have mitigated further threats to the safety of passengers." Police and military experts had been deployed to search for the drone operators which appeared near the airport every time it was expected to reopen.