The drones stopped air traffic at Brussels and Liege airports on Thursday evening. This is the second specified incidental during the week, which prompted the Belgian government to convene an extraordinary gathering of ministers and heads of safety services.
The diary "Le Soir" reported that drones interrupted the air traffic in Brussels around 9:20 p.m. and in Liege a minute later, around 10:00 p.m. The airport in the capital of Belgium resumed operations before 10:00 p.m. Spokesperson for Keyes, a company liable for air traffic control, explained in an interview with "Le Soir" that "in the event of a “serious incident”, flights are suspended for half an hr - according to standard procedure".
Repeated interference
On Tuesday, November 4, drones paralyzed air traffic in Belgium. Kurt Verwilligen, spokesperson of the Skeyes, stressed: "We must take all specified information seriously". The Belgian Ministry of Defence described the Tuesday incidental as a coordinated attack.
The Belgian government called an extraordinary gathering on Thursday in consequence to a series of incidents.
On Friday morning, around 7:30 local time, drones forced Liege airport to suspend operations for about 30 minutes.
Similar incidents involving drones have disrupted air traffic in Hannover, Germany and Goeteborg, Sweden in fresh days. In fresh months, drones have besides disrupted airports in Denmark.
Note: This article was created utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI).
