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The Army has been called in to help locate and bring down a drone being flown over Gatwick Airport today as almost 800 flights were axed and 110,000 people left stranded as they tried to get away for Christmas.

Police are in a cat-and-mouse game with the rogue pilot who has not yet been found despite causing chaos at Britain's second busiest airport since 9pm last night. 

Armed officers carrying Heckler & Koch sniper rifles are dotted along the runway ready to shoot down the drone and end the most disruptive airport trespass in UK history.

Today 760 flights were grounded over fears a drone could take down a passenger jet if it was sucked into an engine or smashed through its fuselage with Gatwick's runway set to be closed until the manhunt ends.