About Download Festival
Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2003, in Paris, France since 2016 and Parramatta Park, Sydney since 2019 & Flemington Racecourse Melbourne Australia since 2018.
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Airport disruption after drone sightings near Download Festival
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East Midlands Airport closes runway in new drone alert
Flights at East Midlands Airport have again been disrupted after drones were spotted nearby.
Eight services were diverted on Friday Evening and The Runway was closed.
In the week, overnight flights faced problems, while two passenger flights were diverted to Leeds and Manchester on Friday afternoon.
The Airport , Leicestershire Police and the organisers of the nearby Download Festival said they were closely monitoring The Situation .
'Huge risk'The three-day rock and Heavy Metal festival is taking place until Sunday at Donington Park in Leicestershire, about One Mile (1. 6km) from The Airport .
A spokesman for The Airport said The Runway was closed for an hour from 23:15 BST and six passenger and two cargo flights were forced to reroute.
In a joint statement on Friday, The Police , airport and festival team said: " Both The Festival organisers and The Police have enhanced The Number of patrols on site and the surrounding areas.
" The Public are reminded that flying a drone in proximity to an operational airport is an offence under the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and is a huge risk to public safety. The Police will take appropriate action if necessary. "
As well as a busy passenger airport, East Midlands hosts the UK's largest dedicated air cargo operation, which handles More Than 440,000 tonnes of goods a year.
Source of news: bbc.com
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