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| 'Drone wolf': what the papers say about the Gatwick airport chaos | 'Drone wolf': what the papers say about the Gatwick airport chaos |
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| Drone chaos at Gatwick dominates the front pages today, with papers talking about a “lone-wolf” “maniac” who has “ruined” Christmas for hundreds of thousands of passengers. | Drone chaos at Gatwick dominates the front pages today, with papers talking about a “lone-wolf” “maniac” who has “ruined” Christmas for hundreds of thousands of passengers. |
| The Daily Mail is incredulous, asking: “How COULD this speck in the sky ruin Christmas for 350,000?” | The Daily Mail is incredulous, asking: “How COULD this speck in the sky ruin Christmas for 350,000?” |
| The newspaper was ready to call off Christmas, saying “Up to 350,000 passengers had their Christmas holiday plans ruined yesterday as a rogue drone operator single-handedly brought our second largest airport to its knees.” | The newspaper was ready to call off Christmas, saying “Up to 350,000 passengers had their Christmas holiday plans ruined yesterday as a rogue drone operator single-handedly brought our second largest airport to its knees.” |
| Friday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/DJgu49XLxO | Friday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/DJgu49XLxO |
| The Express feels similarly: “Just how can drone maniac shut Gatwick?”. | The Express feels similarly: “Just how can drone maniac shut Gatwick?”. |
| EXPRESS: Just how can drone maniac shut Gatwick? #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/EDiqUSgHpy | EXPRESS: Just how can drone maniac shut Gatwick? #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/EDiqUSgHpy |
| “Chaos in the skies,” was the i’s headline. Its story speaks of the “manhunt” underway for what it dubs the “Gatwick drone attacker”. | “Chaos in the skies,” was the i’s headline. Its story speaks of the “manhunt” underway for what it dubs the “Gatwick drone attacker”. |
| Friday's front page of i#Gatwick #GatwickAirport #GatwickDrones @nadhimzahawi John Malkovich @CurranSM @McCallSmith @KimSengupta07 @PhelpsieSarah @theREALboyzone @janemerrick23 @SimonCalder pic.twitter.com/l5VD0E8slJ | Friday's front page of i#Gatwick #GatwickAirport #GatwickDrones @nadhimzahawi John Malkovich @CurranSM @McCallSmith @KimSengupta07 @PhelpsieSarah @theREALboyzone @janemerrick23 @SimonCalder pic.twitter.com/l5VD0E8slJ |
| The Sun calls the drone pilot: “The drone wolf”, saying that a “lone-wolf eco activist” was “feared to be behind” the attacks. | The Sun calls the drone pilot: “The drone wolf”, saying that a “lone-wolf eco activist” was “feared to be behind” the attacks. |
| Tomorrow's front page: Gatwick to be shut 'for foreseeable future' as 'eco-warrior' sends up drone AGAIN despite being hunted by cops, Army and MI5 for 24 hours https://t.co/XGQafnlPDG pic.twitter.com/P2Oj1UaZgs | Tomorrow's front page: Gatwick to be shut 'for foreseeable future' as 'eco-warrior' sends up drone AGAIN despite being hunted by cops, Army and MI5 for 24 hours https://t.co/XGQafnlPDG pic.twitter.com/P2Oj1UaZgs |
| The Telegraph is also blaming environmentalists, citing a Whitehall source who suggested they could be responsible: “Eco-warriors blamed for drone attack that crippled Gatwick”, is their headline. | The Telegraph is also blaming environmentalists, citing a Whitehall source who suggested they could be responsible: “Eco-warriors blamed for drone attack that crippled Gatwick”, is their headline. |
| The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph: 'Eco-warriors blamed for drone attack that crippled Gatwick' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/HVUS9GZlEy | The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph: 'Eco-warriors blamed for drone attack that crippled Gatwick' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/HVUS9GZlEy |
| The Guardian reports “Gatwick chaos sparks call for new controls on drones”, and reports on the “disbelief that the incident could be enough to bring one of Britain’s main airports to a standstill”.The Times focuses on the decision to bring in the army, in a bid to catch the “operators behind Christmas misery”. Their splash is: “Army called in as drones force Gatwick shutdown”. | The Guardian reports “Gatwick chaos sparks call for new controls on drones”, and reports on the “disbelief that the incident could be enough to bring one of Britain’s main airports to a standstill”.The Times focuses on the decision to bring in the army, in a bid to catch the “operators behind Christmas misery”. Their splash is: “Army called in as drones force Gatwick shutdown”. |
| Guardian front page, Friday 21 December 2018: Gatwick chaos sparks call for new controls on drones pic.twitter.com/ELGwgn8rLv | Guardian front page, Friday 21 December 2018: Gatwick chaos sparks call for new controls on drones pic.twitter.com/ELGwgn8rLv |
| THE TIMES: Army called in as drones force Gatwick shutdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Thvi1Xvx96 | THE TIMES: Army called in as drones force Gatwick shutdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Thvi1Xvx96 |
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