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Drone Sightings Force Brief Shutdown at Munich Airport
- Due to multiple drone sightings, German air traffic control limited and subsequently halted all flights at Munich Airport starting from 10:18 p.m. on October 2.
- This event followed recent drone activity over several Danish airports last week and suspected Russian drone incursions reported in NATO member states Poland and Romania.
- A total of 17 departing flights were canceled, while 15 arriving planes were rerouted to alternative airports including Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, and Vienna, resulting in nearly 3,000 passengers being assisted within Munich Airport’s terminals.
- Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called the drone flights a “hybrid attack” by a “professional actor” intended to create fear, while Russian officials denied involvement in these incidents.
- Munich Airport was scheduled to resume operations at 5 a.m. the next day, while the events heightened security worries across Europe, leading to a summit in Copenhagen where European leaders gathered to address aid to Ukraine and enhance regional safety measures.
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Due to drone sightings at Munich Airport, flight operations at Germany's second largest airport have been stopped in the meantime. According to the airport, 17 flights could not start, almost 3,000 passengers were affected.
·Germany
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Air traffic was suspended during the night from Thursday to Friday due to an overflight of aircraft of unknown origin, the authorities said.
·Paris, France
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The drone sighting forced the closure of Munich airport last night to temporarily interrupt operations, which prevented 17 flights from taking off.
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