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Munich’s airport was forced to shut for several hours after drone sightings, in the latest incident showing the vulnerability of European airspace.
German air traffic controllers closed the airport, the country’s second busiest, after several drone sightings late on Thursday, authorities said, adding that 17 flights were unable to take off while 15 arriving flights were diverted to other airports in Germany and Austria.
The incident follows a spate of cases in Denmark in which unidentified drones entered airspace and forced the closure of airports. Denmark’s prime minister has said she does not rule out Russian involvement while France has detained the captain of an oil tanker that was sailing close to Denmark during the incursions last week.
German authorities also last week reported sightings of drones over the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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