Flights were diverted or cancelled for two consecutive nights due to unauthorised drone activity near Jersey Airport.

States of Jersey Police are investigating the incidents, which occurred on the evenings of 30 and 31 October.

Jersey Airport said at 20:05 GMT on Saturday that it had experienced disruption “affecting inbound flights as a result of further drone activity in the vicinity of the airfield”.

Cancellations, diversions

On Friday evening, the airport said three flights were diverted back to the UK due to drones flying in the airport’s restricted airspace.

The Government of Jersey said it was working on arrangements to reduce the risk of such disruption and to minimise passenger impact.

The disruption included the cancellation of a flight that was to have returned Jersey RFC from Southampton on Saturday evening, as well as flights on the same evening from Heathrow and Madeira, according to local media reports.

Inspector Rob McCallum said it was believed two or three drones had entered the restricted airspace on Saturday evening. He said it was not believed to be linked to terrorism.

Jersey Senator Lyndon Farnham said the government and its operating partners were “treating these incidents with the utmost seriousness”.