Gatwick airport shuts runway for almost an hour over ‘suspected drone’

LONDON: Britain’s Gatwick airport shut its runway for almost an hour on Sunday over a “suspected drone” incident, Sky News reported.

Operations at London Gatwick were suspended temporarily while investigations into the sighting of a suspected drone close to the airfield took place, the report said, citing a Gatwick spokesperson. The investigation was completed and the airfield reopened almost an hour later.