Lithuania closed Vilnius airport, scrambled NATO jets due to suspected drone
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On Saturday, the Lithuanian authorities closed Vilnius International Airport for less than an hour after reporting a marching aircraft suspected of entering the country ' s airspace.
An alert for possible drones declared this morning in Lithuania has forced the closure of the airspace of the airport of the capital of the Baltic country, Vilnius, and the deployment of a NATO air patrol to identify the threat. The message launched this morning by the National Crisis Management Centre (NKMC) has confirmed the temporary closure of the ‘controlled air space of Vilnius airport has been temporarily closed due to the presence of uni…
The possible presence of an unknown drone this Saturday over Lithuania led to the temporary closure of the airspace of Vilnius airport, the Lithuanian capital, in an incident...
Lithuania Temporarily Closes the Airspace of Vilnius Airport Due to the Possible Presence of a Drone
The incident has led to the intervention of NATO fighters deployed in the Baltic Sea region.Two Spanish fighters in Romania were activated after a drone was detected near the border with Ukraine. The possible presence of an unknown drone this Saturday over Lithuania led to the temporary closure of the airspace of Vilnius airport, the Lithuanian capital, in an incident that led to the intervention of NATO fighters deployed in the Baltic Sea regio…
The episode activated the deployment of NATO fighters operating in the Baltic Sea region. The sighting could be due to "an atmospheric anomaly or bird migration"
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