MUNICH (AP) — Munich airport was quickly shut down late Thursday after a string of drone sightings within the space, airport, officers mentioned.
Germany’s air site visitors management restricted flights on the airport shortly after 10 p.m. after which halted them altogether, airport operators mentioned in an announcement.
Federal police mentioned operations resumed early Friday and it remained unclear who was accountable, the German information company dpa reported. The airport’s web site confirmed some departures had taken place early Friday.
Airport officers mentioned 17 flights have been unable to take off, affecting virtually 3,000 passengers, whereas 15 arriving flights have been diverted to 3 different airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria.
A whole lot of stranded passengers spent the evening in cots arrange in terminals or have been taken to lodges and blankets, drinks and snacks have been distributed to them, dpa reported.
The incident was the newest in a collection of incidents of mysterious drone sightings over airports in addition to different essential infrastructure websites.
It wasn’t instantly clear who has been behind the flyovers, however European authorities have expressed considerations Russia could possibly be behind them. Russian authorities have rejected claims of involvement in latest drone incidents in Denmark.
