Dozens of flights were canceled and just as many diverted . This is the result of a night of chaos in the skies of Oslo and Copenhagen , when "large drones" began flying over the airports of the Norwegian and Danish capitals . For several hours . "Three or four," according to sources, over Copenhagen, one over Oslo.
Maximum police deployment was deployed to try to restore normalcy. Kastrup Airport, Denmark's largest, was closed around 8:30 p.m., local media reported. Some flights scheduled to land in the capital were diverted to other airports across the country, while long lines of stranded passengers formed inside. Oslo Airport was also closed for four hours , with flights diverted to nearby hubs.
Danish police are working with Norwegian authorities to determine whether there is a connection between the drones spotted over Copenhagen Airport and the one reported over Oslo .
Regular operations resumed this morning, although airports are urging passengers to monitor flight status through the appropriate channels and with their airlines. Several morning flights are already listed as cancelled or delayed on Copenhagen Airport's scheduled departures website.
" What we witnessed last night " with the drone flyover of Copenhagen airport "is the most serious attack ever seen against a critical Danish infrastructure ," said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen . "It says a lot about the times we live in and what we, as a society, must be prepared to face." "We are not ruling out any hypothesis as to who is behind it," she added. "It is clear that this is in line with the developments we have seen recently with other drone attacks, airspace violations, and hacker attacks on European airports."
(Unioneonline/vl)