Drones sighting forced air traffic on Monday at the largest Denmark airport, in Copenhagen ,. “(The airport) is currently closed for takeoffs and landings, since they have seen between two and three large drones flying in the area. At the moment, it is unknown how much the situation will last,” said the police in a statement published in the social network X.
The Copenhagen aerodrome, the busiest in the Nordic region, stopped its operations at 20.26 local time, according to the Fumtradar flight monitoring service.
At 23.17, the airport reported through the same social network: “There are still unidentified drones around Copenhagen airport. Therefore, no plane can take off or land. The flights that arrive are being diverted to other airports and exit flights are delayed or canceled.”
Flightradar informed at 23.46 that according to the last Eurocontrol update, the airport will remain closed until 07.00 on Tuesday. “So far 50 flights have been canceled, another 50 have been diverted and approximately 20 other flights are probable in the next few hours,” he added.
An airport spokesman said the police are working to identify the drones, but declined to give more details because the investigation is still ongoing. The security forces informed the edge of midnight, also in X, that they were still present in the “surroundings of the airport, since drones have been observed.”
A cyber attack to Collins Aerospace, provider of billing and shipping services, which occurred on Friday night, ha. They were especially impacted that of Brussels, Berlin and Heathrow, in London, throughout the weekend, causing dozens of cancellations and flight delays. In Zaventem, in the Belgian capital, and it is expected that Tuesday there will still be affected flights.
The incident occurs when the tension due to the irruption in the airspace of several Russian aircraft NATO members is at a maximum point. On the 10th, Poland demolished for the first time on the ground of the Atlantic Alliance ,. The Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has warned Russia on Monday that he will demolish his drones and enter the country.
Estonia, also NATO member, suffered another foray into her airspace on Friday, this time with Russian fighters. On Sunday a Russian spy plane flew the Baltic. , which has activated article 4 of the Alliance, which launches internal consultations when a member feels that their territorial integrity, their political independence or security are threatened.
