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Thu, Jan 31, 2019

Gatwick Drone Incident Had $64.5 Million Impact

Airport Was Closed For 33 Hours Just Before Christmas

The closure of Gatwick Airport for 32 hours due to multiple drone sightings cost airlines £50 million, or about $64.5 million.

Fortune reports that the number is an estimate from The Independent newspaper, which made assumptions based on EasyJet's announcement that it lost about $19.3 million due to the closure.

The incident affected 82,000 EasyJet passengers. Overall, about 140,000 people were affected by the closure.

EasyJet called the incident a "wake-up call" for airports, and Gatwick is currently working on training in an effort to improve its response to any future threat involving a drone.

Heathrow closed for about an hour in January due to a drone sighting. A Heathrow employee told the BBC that it was able to recover more quickly because "we're a good airport."

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