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One of the most disturbing effects of drones on international air transport occurred between 19 and 21 December 2018, when hundreds of flights were cancelled at Gatwick Airport, following eye witness reports of drone sightings close to the runway. The incident caused major travel disruption, affecting about 140,000 passengers and over 1000 flights. It was the biggest disruption to air transport since the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland on 20 March 2010. Similarly, on January 22 2019 there was considerable flight disruptions in and around Newark airport due to similar unconfirmed siting’s of drones in the vicinity. Earlier, on January 8th London Heathrow Airport also shut down temporarily over a drone citing.
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Standard 3.1.9 of Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention provides that an RPA shall be operated in such a manner as to minimize hazards to persons, property or other aircraft.
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Article 68 provides that each contracting State may, subject to the provisions of the Convention, designate the route to be followed within its territory by any international air service and the airports which any such service may use.
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Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Concept Of Operations (CONOPS) For International IFR Operations, at 4.5.1.
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ICAO Manual on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Doc 10019 AN/507, at Para 1.5.2.
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(Liechtenstein v. Guatemala [1955] ICJ 1.
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Abeyratne, R. (2019). Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. In: Legal Priorities in Air Transport. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18391-2_14
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