By James Salmon Transport Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 01:53 GMT, 8 January 2019 | Updated: 02:53 GMT, 8 January 2019
3
View
comments
Airport staff could be given powers to shoot down drones with shotguns or ‘net bazookas’ under laws to prevent a repeat of the recent chaos at Gatwick.
Drone operators will also be banned from flying within three miles (5km) of an airport, compared with the current 0.6 miles, and the maximum height for their devices is set to be lowered from 400ft.
Under plans unveiled by ministers last night, police would also be able to force operators to land drones flown illegally near airports and prisons.
Airport staff could be given powers to shoot down drones with shotguns or ‘net bazookas’ under laws to prevent a repeat of the recent chaos at Gatwick
In a 70-page consultation paper, the Department for Transport revealed the Home Office will begin testing new counter-drone technology to help airports detect them and bring them down if they pose a threat.
Details of defence systems were not provided and the draft drone Bill is not due to be published for several months.
But a Whitehall source referred to tests being carried out by the
