Dubai 's Civil Aviation Authority is testing a ' drone hunter ' with thermal and infrared imaging to detect drones that stray into Dubai Airport 's airspace . "It's a safety issue and people are losing money because of one person's irresponsible behavior," he said. The airport has been forced to shut three times this year due to unauthorised drone activity , requiring flights to be cancelled and costing the airport around $ 1 m for each minute of shutdown . Salim Al Mansouri , senior aerodrome inspector at the civil aviation authority , said that people were wanting to explore how far their drone ##s go without realising they are violating airspace .
Dubai 's Civil Aviation Authority is testing a ' drone hunter ' with thermal and infrared imaging to detect drones that stray into Dubai Airport 's airspace . The airport has been forced to shut three times this year due to unauthorised drone activity , requiring flights to be cancelled and costing the airport around $ 1 m for each minute of shutdown . Salim Al Mansouri , senior aerodrome inspector at the civil aviation authority , said that people were wanting to explore how far their drone ##s go without realising they are violating airspace .