Authorities have arrested two people in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at Gatwick Airport in London, where hundreds of flights were grounded from Wednesday night into Friday as a result of the massive disruption, Sky News reports.
The big picture: Gatwick is uniquely susceptible to this kind of disruption since it's a small, single-runway airport. But the incident nonetheless raises questions about what kind of impact a larger army of drones could have on an airport like Chicago O'Hare, or what other kinds of security threats drones could present in the coming years.
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