Large-sized drones above Copenhagen Airport may have been launched from a Russian ship. The incidental paralyzed the air traffic for 4 hours and triggered suspicions of the operation of a abroad state.
According to TV2 TV, a Russian freighter Astrol-1 was passing through the Sund Strait hours before the drones appeared. A ship bound for St. Petersburg from Archangelsk on the White Sea.
Suspected vessels in the Baltic Sea
The paper "Ekstra Bladet" drew attention to the Beninu-flagged Pushpa tanker, subject to sanctions for transporting Russian oil. The tanker on Monday evening was located southeast of the island of Zealand, where it was escorted by a German coast defender ship.
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 Airport. 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, as quoted by the paper "Berlinske", estimated that drones could have taken off from the freighter Astrol-1 or another ship in the Baltic Sea.
In Jensen’s view, it may be possible that they were sunk in the sea to cover their tracks after the task was done. 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.
Authority response
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. The incidental highlights increasing concerns about the safety of critical infrastructure in the Nordic countries.
Sources used: "TV2, "Ekstra Bladet", "Berliningske" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
