Drones over Copenhagen airport may have come from a Russian ship. According to TV2, an Astrol-1 freighter was passing through the Sund Strait, heading from Archangelsk to St. Petersburg, a fewer hours before the arrival of the drones.
Police are investigating 3 suspicious ships in connection with an incidental that paralyzed air traffic for 4 hours. Each has ties to Russia or was located close Kastrup Airport during the attack.
Suspected vessels in the Baltic Sea
The paper "Ekstra Bladet" drew attention to the Pushpa tanker flying the Benin flag. The tanker subject to sanctions for the carriage of Russian oil on Monday evening was located southeast of the island of Zealand under the escort of the German Coast Guard.
The 3rd lead leads to the Norwegian freighter Oslo Carrier 3, which at the time of the airport's closure was respective kilometres north of Kastrup. The shipowner confirmed TV2 that the crew included, among others, Russian sailors, but denied that there were drones on the ship.
Expert hypothesis
Danish police as 1 of the hypotheses assumed drones could have taken off the ship and traveled long distances. Unmanned expert Kjeld Jensen of the University of South Denmark assessed according to the paper "Berlinske" that drones could have taken off from the freighter Astrol-1 or another ship in the Baltic Sea.
In Jensen’s view, it is possible that the drones were sunk in the sea to cover their tracks after the task was done.
Authority response
Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen, located close the Sund Strait, was closed for 4 hours Monday evening due to the appearance of respective large-sized drones.
The police estimated that behind the incidental there was a "competent" perpetrator. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen the incidental called "the most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure so far".
The head of the Danish government did not regulation out that there was an operation of a abroad state.
Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article was edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
