“Unauthorized drone activity” caused the Dubai International Airport to ground all of its outbound flights for over 30 minutes on Friday morning, The New York Times reports. During the shutdown, which lasted from 10:13AM to 10:45AM local time, only inbound flights were able to fly at the third-busiest airport in the world. United Arab Emirates rules expressly forbid flying drones within 5 kilometers of airports.
Dubai’s is the latest in a string of airports that have had to halt flights due to drone activity. The most significant disruption occurred in the UK where its second-largest airport, Gatwick, was closed for over a day in the run-up to Christmas after drones were repeatedly sighted flying near its runways. Despite a high-profile…
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