Aalborg Airport in Denmark reopens after another drone-related closure
Kyiv • UNN
The airspace over Aalborg Airport in Denmark reopened on Friday after an overnight closure due to suspected drone activity. This marks the second such incident in a few days, raising security concerns.
Airspace over Aalborg Airport in Denmark was reopened on Friday morning after being closed for the second night in a row due to suspected drone activity, police said, according to UNN, citing Reuters.
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"Airspace over Aalborg Airport was reopened on Friday at 00:35 (01:35 Kyiv time) after being closed due to drone activity," police said in a post on X.
Airspace over Aalborg Airport was closed almost an hour earlier at 23:40 local time (00:40 Kyiv time) on Thursday after a suspected drone sighting in the area, police told news agency Ritzau.
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The previous evening, Aalborg Airport, used for commercial and military flights, was closed for approximately three hours due to drones in its airspace. This happened just days after the country's main airport in Copenhagen was closed due to drone sightings, which have raised security concerns in Europe.
Denmark's defense minister said on Thursday that the nightly drone flights were hybrid attacks, combining military and covert tactics, and aimed at spreading fear.
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Danish officials said it was still unclear who was behind the incidents, and Denmark had not yet decided whether to invoke Article 4 of the NATO Charter, which allows members to request consultations on any security matters.