Three flights have been diverted to Stansted Airport following reports of a possible drone sighting at Gatwick Airport.

The two easyJet flights - one from Barcelona and one from Amsterdam - both initially got sent to Stansted before taking off again to land at Gatwick. A British Airways flight from Heraklion was also diverted.

All three passenger planes eventually landed at Gatwick more than 90 minutes after their scheduled arrival time.

One person tweeted that he was landing in Gatwick when the pilot "assessed that we were going to have a little delay because of a drone". The passenger added that they landed after 15 minutes.

Another person tweeted that his easyJet flight to Gatwick had been "redirected to Stansted due to a drone sighting as we came into land". He said that the plane was refuelling and returning back to Gatwick.

A Stansted spokesman said he did not anticipate any further diversions on Sunday.

A Gatwick spokesman said: “Gatwick investigated a report of an unconfirmed sighting of an object outside the airport’s 5KM exclusion zone today but - following a full assessment - the airport has remained fully operational throughout.”