Munich Air Terminal Suspends Flights for Second Time in 24 Hours Due to Suspected Unmanned Aircraft Incidents
Germany's Munich airport has stopped air traffic for the second occasion in a single day, following more reported drone sightings.
In a announcement on late Friday, the airport stated that flights were stopped at 9:30 PM local (8:30 GMT), impacting nearly 6,500 passengers.
No fewer than seventeen aircraft were also canceled in Munich on Thursday night due to multiple drone sightings in nearby the skies.
It's the latest in a string of occurrences involving UAVs that have interrupted aviation in Europe in recent weeks.
European Officials Examine Drone Incidents
Agencies in the country on the previous day were also looking into reports of multiple drones, which were spotted above the Elsenborn base near the frontier.
After the sighting, the drones according to reports flew from that nation to Germany, where they were also observed by police in the tiny municipality of Düren.
Officials have been incapable to determine where the devices were launched or who controlled them.
Ministerial Measures and Legislation
The country's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has stated he will address the matter of drone defense systems at a weekend gathering of European government leaders, which was first scheduled as a immigration meeting.
On Friday morning, the official also vowed to bring forward proposed legislation allowing it simpler for the authorities to ask the armed forces to down drones.
EU Leaders Discuss Unmanned Challenge
Recent incidents across the continent prompted a conference in that city recently.
Multiple participating countries have endorsed plans for a extensive "UAV barrier" to quickly spot, then track and neutralize Russian aircraft.
Multiple Russian aircraft entered into that nation and suspected MiG-31 jets invaded Baltic territory in distinct recent incidents.
Danish and Norwegian airports were forced to close after unrecognized UAVs were seen near aviation and defense flight zones.
German Chancellor the figure said before the conference that violations were escalating and that it was "reasonable to believe the UAVs are originating in that nation."
Russia has rejected any involvement, while Danish officials state there was no evidence the nation was connected.
Speaking at a meeting in the Black Sea resort city of that area on the previous day, the figure Vladimir Putin laughed off suggestions he commanded drones to Denmark.
"I won't do it again. No further actions - nor to that nation or the Danes or that city," the president said.