Drone temporarily closes Leeds Bradford Airport

Reports of drone closes Leeds Bradford Airport
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Flights temporarily suspended at Leeds Brtadford Airport due to reported drone activity close to the final approach to the airport.

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The airport is closed as a drone has been spotted flying in the Horsforth area on a 1 mile final for 32
All flight currently suspended

 

G-GDFY(Channex 18Y) in hold qnd has 10 minutes holding fuel
G-MAJZ(Eastflight 61Y) in hold 30 minutes holding then request divert to Manchester

The drone not been seen for past 10 minutes but airport has the have authority from police to re-open

 

People who think it's clever to use a drone near any airport

 

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G-GDFX(Channex 18Y) currently almost on finals from Manchester
G-MAJZ(EZE 61Y) about to divert to Humberside
G-CELE(EXS276) in hold at 8000' still in contact with Scottish
G-JZHM(EXS376) in hold at 12000' still with Scottish

Numerous outbound flights missing slots

Latest from police, they are chasing 2 suspects and until caught airport to remain closed

 

1447 Airfield now re-opened

 

Any news on the suspects? These idiots need taking into custody, charged after a lengthy 'interrogation', and not offered bail before a court appearance. Now where is my black cap?

BH

 

Should do it the old fashioned way and stone them. All ends well this time. One day somewhere many people will be killed in a similar situation. I shudder to think.

 

My journey back from Miami this year well and truly shot to buggery thanks to idiots flying drones around Frankfurt, which resulted in a diversion to Dusseldorf and eventual 3.5 hour delay. Kenny Everett treatment I think...round ‘em up, put ‘em in a field and bomb the b@#%&@ds.

 

Shoot them tied to a post and use a drone to do the deed.Perhaps it will put idiots off from doing the deed.Serious side to the problem is fine them as much as they can with poss jail. Deserve all they get in my book.

 

Hung, drawn and quartered seemed to work at one time but no doubt they'll just be told there very naughty boys.

Thick as planks I should imagine.

 

Corporal punishment should be dished out to the people who have caused the disruption

On another note; I know government are busy, but this needs sorting, ASAP.

 

See local and national press are reporting that the Yorkshire Air Ambulance had a near miss with a drone whilst in Leeds Bradford Controlled Airspace near Wakefield yesterday evening.

This really has got to stop before it causes a major incident.

Oh if you don't like the BBC look elsewhere by doing a simple Google search.

Drone in 'near-miss' with air ambulance

The unmanned aircraft came with 10ft (3m) of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter, bosses say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

When these incidents are reported in the press the ignorance of some people is staggering, the comments in the Daily Mail being a good example. Most do not believe how serious a collision with a drone could be and think it’s all scaremongering.

 

Kenny Everett had the right idea....round 'em up, put 'em in a field and bomb the b******s. Does anyone else here wonder why these things are on general sale? As far as I am concerned the damn things should be banned from general sale and only used for commercial purposes with operators requiring full training and licensing.

 

Correct Bigman but will anyone in authority with descision making power take any notice? I doubtr it until, god forbid, there is a major incident where a plane is brought down by one of these idiots.

 

When these incidents are reported in the press the ignorance of some people is staggering, the comments in the Daily Mail being a good example. Most do not believe how serious a collision with a drone could be and think it’s all scaremongering.

Daily Fail, say no more.

 

Kenny Everett had the right idea....round 'em up, put 'em in a field and bomb the b******s. Does anyone else here wonder why these things are on general sale? As far as I am concerned the damn things should be banned from general sale and only used for commercial purposes with operators requiring full training and licensing.

It’s like everything else, a minority of mindless idiots giving a bad name to the vast responsible majority of enthusiasts who enjoy flying these drones. My son in law has one and used it to take an aerial group photo at my son’s wedding to great effect and uses it to reccy his route when he goes kite surfing. He wouldn’t dream of using it for anything but a legitimate purpose and within the law.

 

Is there a realistic argument for saying that drone 'pilots' should have the same sort of training and licensing as an aircraft private pilot? It probably would not have to be as intensive, or expensive, as learning to fly an aircraft but at least those who qualified would have demonstrated their capability and serious commitment.

 

The good news seems to be that drones were grounded this week end at heathrow, when their transmission frequency was jammed.

 

Just seen a drone operating in Yeadon above the RAFA club. I don't know whether it is operating legally or not. It descended behind houses close to Yeadon Westfield Junior school if anybody at LBA ATC is interested.