On Monday evening, respective large drones were sighted in airspace close the airport Kastrup in Copenhagen. It was then decided to halt port operation. After midnight, the situation returned to normal.
Jakob Hansen, Copenhagen's deputy police commissioner, reported that police have launched an investigation to find what drones they are. He besides added that "objects disappeared alone".
The Danish Prime Minister spoke on the drones at Copenhagen Airport
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described the appearance of drones at Copenhagen airport as "an attack on Danish critical infrastructure". The head of the Danish government indicated that "no options are excluded regarding who is behind this".
Frederiksen reported that Denmark has plans to acquisition precision weapons to increase security.
According to Reuters, the Danish police reported that drones were most likely operated by a "competent operator". “These were large facilities, coming from different directions,” said Jens Jespersen of the Danish police.
Drones over major European airports
As we wrote on Temat.pl, the decision to halt the operation of Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen was made at 20:26 local time. 3 hours later, the airport reported that unidentified drones were inactive circulating around the port.
A fresh announcement came out after midnight. "Airport in Copenhagen reopened after closing due to drone activity. However, delays and cancellations may occur. Passengers are asked to track information from their airlines" – it is stated. Interference affected about a 100 flights.
At the same time, the incidental besides occurred at Oslo Airport. Gardemoen Airport was closed due to "dragon observation", and all flights were diverted. According to the service, there's no connection between these incidents. Danish police are working with Norwegian counterparts on this issue.
The Ombudsman of the Norwegian airport operator Avinor reported that the airspace above Oslo airport in Norway was reopened at 3:22 p.m. Previously police officers detained 2 Singapore citizens who broke the rules by flying a drone, among others, close military areas and over the opera.
