London's Heathrow Airport Briefly Halts Flights After 'Drone Sighting'

Jan. 9, 2019

London's Heathrow Airport briefly halted departures Tuesday after a report of a drone sighting, less than a month after a similar event crippled operations at another major U.K. airport.

London's Metropolitan Police said it received reports of a drone sighting "in the vicinity of Heathrow airport" shortly after 5 p.m. local time. The airport said it resumed flights in the early evening after grounding planes following the report.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/londons-heathrow-airport-halts-departures-after-drone-sighting.html

Photos by Ingrid Barrentine & Joe Nicholson, Alaska Airlines