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Drone sighting halts departures at London Heathrow airport

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Departures at Heathrow have been stopped after a drone was sighted, the airport says.

A Heathrow spokeswoman “As a precautionary measure, we have stopped departures while we investigate. We apologise to passengers for any inconvenience this may cause.”

This post was published on 8 January 2019 19:11

Maarten Van Den Driessche

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