London's Gatwick Airport says flights have resumed after a temporary shutdown due to a drone sighting.
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.
It says takeoffs and landings had been suspended earlier Friday -- for roughly 80 minutes -- as a precautionary measure while an investigation was underway.
An airport spokeswoman said there had been "a confirmed sighting of a drone."
Drone sightings had also shut down the airport on Wednesday night and all day Thursday.
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