New Pictures Man, 38, charged with drone flying near Heathrow days after scare at Gatwick grounded 1,000 flights

A 38-year-old man has been charged with flying a drone near Heathrow Airport days after a scare at Gatwick grounded more than 1,000 flights.

George Rusu allegedly used a drone on a field near the runway at Heathrow, Britain's busiest airport, on Christmas Eve.

The alleged incident happened just three days after Gatwick fully reopened on December 21 following three days of chaos affecting some 140,000 passengers.

File photo of a British Airways jet coming into land at Heathrow Airport in London, Rusu has been charged with flying a drone near the runway on Christmas Eve

Rusu, of Hillingdon, will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

He is charged with flying a 'small unmanned aircraft without permission of air traffic control', according to court documents.

On Wednesday December 19 drone sightings at Gatwick airport caused chaos for passengers heading off on their Christmas holidays.

The unmanned craft caused tens of thousands of passengers serious delays until the airport could be reopened on the Friday evening.

Since the mayhem at Gatwick, Heathrow airport was shut down on January 8 with flights halted for almost 90 minutes when a drone was spotted around 5pm.

Nobody has yet been charged with either the Gatwick incident last month or the Heathrow incident earlier this month, Rusu is not connected with either incident.

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