Major airport reopens after multiple ‘large drones’ cause travel chaos | World | News
On Monday evening, multiple drone landscapes at large European airports have caused the grounding of all air traffic and dozens of deflection, and the authorities are still investigating the source of the destructive airspace attack.
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark was closed for more than four hours after two or three “large” drones came on the largest travel center in Scandinavian. Witnesses, unidentified aircraft vehicles began at 20.30 during the two -hour attack on the bright lights flashing.
A large number of police officers were seen near the airport, as all flights stopped and a big search for the Drones pilot. Meanwhile, hundreds of travelers were directed to other airports in Southern Sweden and elsewhere in Denmark, which is defined as “extraordinary” DANMARKS RADIO.
Shortly thereafter, the other drones caused similar chaos at the Oslo Airport after violating the 5 km exclusion zone, and the UAVs forced all air traffic to go on a runway. Then, around midnight, more drones were seen and caused the Norwegian airport to be completely closed.
The police in Norway said that the simultaneous drone attacks were not the first indication that they were linked to a big operation to monitor the source of the big travel deduction.
An affected passenger Oslo Airport’s delay and final closure DAGBLADET That the flight from Rome was directed to 275 miles of Stavanger. Lars Gulbrandsen said that his plane was forced to return only 20 minutes before landing.
“This is a bit special,” the captain said on the cabinet Tannoy because he had to make a sharp turn to the west to prevent sudden airspace closure.
Gulbrandsen added disappointment: “We are sitting on the plane to wait for information about what happened. This is an unpleasant experience.”
However, as Oslo had a second drone attack, Scandinavian’s largest travel center once again began to plan flight. Shortly before midnight, the Copenhagen airport was reopened to the entire air traffic after dozens of flights were directed during four hours of closing.
Authorities said: “Copenhagen Airport is reopened after being closed due to activity. However, there will be delays and canceled departments. Passengers are asked to be informed through airlines.”
Despite the reopening of the airspace, Copenhagen’s police chief Jakob Hansen said the authorities did not download the drones or arrested in connection with the attack.
Hansen said to the Denmark press that “drones themselves disappeared” and a series of measures were taken, but he could not specify any more. He added that he would work with the Norwegian officials to determine whether the investigation was connected to the closure of two airports.
