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Denmark’s Aalborg airport, which serves some commercialized and subject flights, was closed aboriginal Thursday aft drones were spotted successful its airspace, constabulary said, 2 days aft Copenhagen airdrome experienced a akin disruption.Northern Jutland constabulary said, "more than 1 drone was seen adjacent Aalborg airport, flying with lights on," Reuters reported. The drones were archetypal detected astatine astir 9:44 p.m. (1944 GMT) connected Wednesday and remained successful the country astatine the clip of the property briefing aboriginal Thursday. Eurocontrol, which oversees European aerial traffic, said arrivals and departures astatine Aalborg would beryllium astatine a “zero rate” until 0400 GMT owed to the drone activity.The closure besides affected Denmark’s equipped forces, arsenic Aalborg is utilized arsenic a subject base. The Danish subject said it was assisting section and nationalist constabulary with the probe but declined further comment. Southern Jutland constabulary aboriginal noted connected X that drones had besides been observed adjacent airports successful Esberg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup, location to Denmark’s F-16 and F-35 combatant jets.Danish nationalist constabulary said the drones followed a akin signifier to those that halted flights astatine Copenhagen airdrome for 4 hours connected Monday.
Authorities successful Norway besides closed Oslo airdrome for 3 hours Monday aft a drone sighting. National constabulary commissioner Thorkild Fogde said galore drone reports had been filed since Monday, adding, “Of people galore of these reports bash not screen activities that are of involvement to the constabulary oregon the military, but immoderate of them do, and I deliberation the 1 successful Aalborg does.
”Police said it was excessively aboriginal to find “what the extremity of the drones is and who is the histrion behind,” and added that they would instrumentality down the drones if possible.
Investigators are moving with the nationalist quality service, the equipped forces, and authorities successful different countries. There is nary information to passengers astatine Aalborg airdrome oregon residents successful the area, constabulary said, and 3 flights had been diverted to different airports.Denmark called the Copenhagen airdrome incidental “the astir superior onslaught yet” connected its captious infrastructure and linked it to suspected Russian drone incursions and different European disruptions. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the drones were portion of a “pattern of persistent contestation astatine our borders.” Russia’s ambassador to Denmark dismissed suspicions of Russian engagement successful the Copenhagen incidental arsenic ungrounded.
Norway’s overseas curate said authorities successful the 2 countries are cooperating but person not established a transportation betwixt the events.(With inputs from Reuters)
