The start and runways of the airport at the German city of Munich were closed on Thursday evening as a precaution after several reports about a drone, report international press agencies. As a result, seventeen flights have been canceled and fifteen flights with destination Munich have moved to other airports.
According to the German police, at least one drone has been spotted at the Franz Josef Strauß Airport on the north -east of Munich. Several people had reported one or more drones near or above the airport.
Recently, drones have also been observed at airports in Denmark and Norway and above the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is suspected that Russia is behind the incidents, but there is no evidence of that yet.
The German minister Alexander Dobrindt of the Interior called the drones over European countries earlier this week “a provocation“And” a threat, “and he therefore wants to set up a drone allegation center.
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