I wouldn't rule out a mass panic-type event. A similar event which closed London's Gatwick airport (one of Europe's busiest) garnered no evidence and no serious lines of enquiry.
It is IMO only a matter of time before there is a significant deadly aviation incident involving a drone. The aviation industry is not built around the idea of anybody having this sort of ability.
Officials have made announcements that tie the alleged drone sightings to “capable” (e.g., foreign state) actors. How would stricter laws address that?
It’s also already illegal to fly drones above airports.
Denmark is talking about blocking the Baltic to commercial ship traffic that does not have Western insurance. (Read: Russian ghost fleet.) The Law of the Sea permits this when there is a clear environmental threat. (Oil spillages etc.)
In parallel, some (Russian-controlled?) ships have been refusing Danish pilots for navigating the straits.
So... maybe Vlad is playing Goodfellas. Like many other dirtbags.
Airport group are suffering a huge financial loss just with these tiny remotecontrolaircrafts. The government should restrict any commoners to own any of these 'military-grade' aircraft.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 30.6 ms ] threadhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-...
See also the recent closure of Heathrow Terminal 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5ypl5grg24t
Still with lights on however.
Link to Danish story:
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/overblik-droner-over-flere...
It’s also already illegal to fly drones above airports.
In parallel, some (Russian-controlled?) ships have been refusing Danish pilots for navigating the straits.
So... maybe Vlad is playing Goodfellas. Like many other dirtbags.