Flights carrying hundreds of passengers were diverted from Dublin Airport – after light from daa equipment was mistaken for a drone, it has emerged.
Dublin Live has confirmed that Friday’s alert – which saw four passenger jets in the air diverted and led to the shutting down of the runways for more than 30 minutes – was caused by the daa equipment. Sources have told us that the major alert started when the light shone into the sky – prompting fears that a drone was flying over the area.
Investigations have now established that no drone was in the area, the Dublin Airport Authority confirmed to us yesterday – but said similar alerts on Saturday and Monday were genuine. A spokesman said: “We have concluded that on Friday there was no drone present but the presence of drones on Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon has been verified and these incidents are being investigated by An Garda Siochana.”
