COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -All traffic at Denmark’s biggest airport in Copenhagen has been closed after drone sightings, police said on Monday.
“(The airport) is currently closed for take-off and landing, as 2-3 large drones have been seen flying in the area. The time horizon is currently unknown,” police said in a statement posted on social media X.
All take-offs and landings at Copenhagen Airport were suspended as of 20:26 local time (18:26 GMT) due to drone reports, according to a post by FlightRadar on X. At least 15 flights had been diverted to other airports, the post read.
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A spokesperson for the airport confirmed that all traffic had been halted but declined to comment further.
(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen and Louise Rasmussen, additional reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru, editing by Essi Lehto and Franklin Paul)
