Heathrow: Man charged with flying drone near airport Published duration 20 January 2019

image copyright PA image caption George Rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runway (file picture)

A man has been charged with flying a drone near Heathrow Airport on 24 December.

George Rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runway just days after a scare at Gatwick grounded more than 1,000 flights.

He has been charged with flying a "small unmanned aircraft without permission of air traffic control".

Mr Rusu, 38, from Hillingdon, will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.