London Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights [BBC News]

Brian Drysdale · April 15th, 2019, 12:37 AM

Seems they're also looking at a possible "inside job" or someone who knows the airport's procedures.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47919680

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003vwg

Paul R Johnson · April 15th, 2019, 01:47 PM

Looks like a little information spun badly. Airport communications are pretty easy to listen into as thousands of enthusiasts already know. Airband is for safety reasons not encrypted. Some of the grounds services are though, and that includes many of the security and confidential ops - they know they can be listened into and over the past few years have gradually been made much more secure. They're trying to shift the blame from them having systems that are prone to disruption from a five hundred quid Argos drone, to a special one that doesn't show up on the new mega expensive radar.

It's quite laughable really. They had plans, but they were clearly poor ones.

April 15th, 2019, 12:37 AM	#46
Brian Drysdale Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belfast, UK Posts: 6,152	Re: London Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights [BBC News] Seems they're also looking at a possible "inside job" or someone who knows the airport's procedures. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47919680 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003vwg

April 15th, 2019, 01:47 PM	#47
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,045	Re: London Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights [BBC News] Looks like a little information spun badly. Airport communications are pretty easy to listen into as thousands of enthusiasts already know. Airband is for safety reasons not encrypted. Some of the grounds services are though, and that includes many of the security and confidential ops - they know they can be listened into and over the past few years have gradually been made much more secure. They're trying to shift the blame from them having systems that are prone to disruption from a five hundred quid Argos drone, to a special one that doesn't show up on the new mega expensive radar. It's quite laughable really. They had plans, but they were clearly poor ones.