Gatwick Airport
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London's Gatwick Airport was once again shut down on Friday evening due to a drone sighting.

Takeoffs and landings were suspended for roughly 80 minutes as a precautionary measure while an investigation was underway, reported The Associated Press.

The airport said in a statement Friday evening that "military measures" in place at Britain's second-busiest airport made it safe to resume flight operations.

An airport spokeswoman added there had been "a confirmed sighting of a drone."

Drone sightings had also shut down the airport on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday before it was reopened Friday morning after more than 30 hours.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)