The environmental campaigners plan to stage a protest at the airport on Tuesday next week. Today Met Police chiefs issued a statement saying they were aware of rumours drones would be used to disrupt air traffic. Today Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said: “There is speculation that protestors will use drones in order to disrupt business at Heathrow. “If flown into the path of an aircraft, a drone has the potential to cause great harm to those on board. “We will be deploying resources - both in terms of officers and equipment - to monitor the airspace around Heathrow and quickly detect and disrupt any illegal drone activity."

Source: Daily Mirror June 14, 2019 13:14 UTC