Suspective drones force the second closure of Munich airport in 24 hours

Munich German airport has interrupted flights for the second time in 24 hours, after unconfirmed drone observations.

Friday evening, in a press release, the airport said that the flights had been suspended at 9:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. GMT), with around 6,500 passengers affected.

Thursday evening, at least 17 flights were also anchored in Munich due to several drone observations in the nearby airspace.

It is the last in a series of incidents involving drones that have disrupted aviation in Europe in recent weeks.

The authorities in Belgium also investigated the observations of 15 drones, which were seen above the Elsenborn military site near the German border according to the Belgian media.

After the observation, the drones would have stolen from Belgium in Germany, where they were also observed by the police of the German little town of Düren.

Officials have not been able to identify where drones are from or exploited them.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that he would raise the question of anti-drone defenses at a meeting on Saturday interior ministers, which was initially presented as a summit of migration.

Earlier Friday, the Minister also promised to propose proposed legislation, which allows the police to more easily ask the military to shoot drones.

Recent drone observations across the European Union have caused a summit of leaders in Copenhagen this week.

Several EU member states have supported the plans of a “drone wall” on several levels to detect quickly, then follow and destroy Russian drones.

Twenty Russian drones crossed Poland and the Russian Mig-31 jets entered the Estonian airspace in distinct recent incidents.

Copenhagen and Oslo airports were forced to close after unidentified drones were spotted near the airport and military air spaces.

The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said before the summit that the incursions of airspace were getting worse and that it was “reasonable to assume that drones come from Russia”.

Russia denied any involvement, while the Danish authorities say that there was no evidence that Moscow was involved.

Addressing a summit in the city of the Black Sea of ​​Sochi on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin laughed at suggestions which he ordered from drones in Denmark.

“I will not do it again. I will not do it again – not in France, Denmark or Copenhagen,” said Putin.