Munich airport forced to suspend flights for second day in a row over drone sightings | Germany
Munich Airport, dozens of flights and more than 6,000 passengers affected drone views on Friday in a row on a row on a row had to stop the operations.
The airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland recently suspended flights due to unidentified drones, and Romania and Estonia show their finger to Russia, who brushed the allegations.
Munich Airport said on Friday, “Air traffic was restricted from 9.30 onwards and then canceled because of the drone views,” said 23 incoming flights and 12 were canceled for Munich.
Forty -six departure from the airport had to be canceled or delay until Saturday, a total of 6,500 passengers were affected.
A police spokesman told AFP that there was a DRONE view on the north and southern tracks, just before 23:00, two simultaneously approved by police patrols ”.
“The drones immediately walked away without identifying,” he added.
“As in the previous night, in cooperation with the airport, the airport, the terminals immediately provided materials. Blankets, drinks and snacks were established with camp deposits.” He said.
The airport expects the service to continue at 05:00 on Saturday at 05:00.
The first deduction on Thursday caused more than 30 flights to be canceled there and caused about 3,000 passengers to be stranded.
The first incident began on Thursday at 20.30 on Thursday, when the police said that drones were detected in areas close to the airport, including the townspeople, including the towns of freezing and Erding.
Erding is home to an airport used by the German army. Bild newspaper, although the police could not verify it, some drones have found that the facility was flying, he said.
The first drones near the airport area were seen on Thursday at 9.05 and then about an hour later on the airport complex.
The views ended at midnight, but not before the closure of both tracks.
Police helicopters were deployed, but he said, “There is no information about the type and number of the dron,” he said.
In the early hours of Friday, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the first night was a “call for wake up” on the threat of the drones.
Bild, the race between the threat of drones and the defense against drones is becoming increasingly difficult, Bild said.
The disruptions came to the country on Friday, celebrated the German Union Day – a national holiday – and came to Munich for the last weekend of Oktoberfest, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people every day.
Annual beer gala and Funfair had already closed for half a day on Wednesday after the fear of bombs.
The German government is expected to sign on Wednesday for a change in the law to allow the army to hit the drone if necessary.
Markus Söder, the Prime Minister of the Bavaria state, said to Bild. [drones] Instead of waiting, he said, ”And the police should have the power to do it.
Drone landscapes in Denmark and high -profile air strikes in Estonia and Poland have increased fears that Russia’s attack on Ukraine could put into European borders.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that on Thursday, the latest drone attacks in Europe showed that Moscow wanted to “raise”.
Germany, including military and industrial areas, including a lot of flying over the country last week, saying that a high alarm.
Danish also increased the alarm with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and reiterated that only one country pose a threat to the security of Europe and this Russia.
Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Europe to justify the rising military expenditures, “hysteria” accusing any participation proposal “firmly rejected”, he said.
