UK: Heathrow drone protesters rethink strategy; fail to ground flights

Climate-campaign group Heathrow Pause is “considering escalating” its protest at London Heathrow Airport, after 3 days of illegal unmanned aerial vehicle activity within the airport’s exclusion zone failed to keep flights grounded. Heathrow Pause said signal-jamming has been used to block the action, but it performed “at least 16 successful drone flights” within the exclusion zone. “The airport authority has made contradictory statements about safety and completely abandoned protocols previously held as essential to guaranteeing passenger safety. As a consequence, activists are considering escalating their approach to meet the change in circumstances,” Heathrow Pause said Sept 16. <br/>