Two days after Copenhagen incursion, Denmark’s Aalborg airport shut due to drones; flights diverted

Fogde said that drone sightings were reported from three different airports across Denmark from Wednesday to Thursday morning, but only drone sightings in Aalborg airport could be verified. “Once again, we have verified these objects violating the airspace over the airport as drones,” the police commissioner added.

The police further added that there was no danger to residents in the area and to passengers at Aalborg airport. The authorities added that at least three flights had been diverted to other airports.

After the drone incident at the Copenhagen airport on Tuesday, the Denmark authorities said it was the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure and further linked it to a series of Russian drone incursions that have taken place across multiple countries in Europe, including Poland, Romania, Estonia causing disruptions.

Since Aalborg airport is also used as a military base, the closure of its airspace affected Denmark’s armed forces, police said. The Danish armed forces in a statement said they are cooperating with local and national police in the investigation. The Norway administration had also shut its airport in Oslo on Monday evening for three hours after a drone was spotted in the region, Reuters reported.

According to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the drones that halted flights at Copenhagen airport were part of a “pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.”

(with inputs from Reuters)