MORE THAN ONE DRONE
Northern Jutland police advised reporters “multiple drone” had been sighted close to Aalborg airport they usually have been flying with lights on.
The drones have been first sighted at about 9.44pm (Thursday, 3.44am, Singapore time) on Wednesday, based on police, and remained within the airspace till 12.54am on Thursday.
Eurocontrol, which oversees European air visitors management, stated arrivals and departures at Aalborg airport could be at a “zero charge” till 4am GMT on Thursday resulting from drone exercise within the neighborhood.
The primary flight from Aalborg on Thursday is scheduled at 4.20am GMT, the airport’s web site confirmed.
Northern Jutland police stated they might not specify the kind of drones or whether or not they have been the identical as those flying over Copenhagen airport on Monday.
“It’s too early to say what the objective of the drones is and who’s the actor behind,” a police official stated.
Northern Jutland police later stated that efforts to take down the drones had been unsuccessful and the drone operators had but to be apprehended.
Southern Jutland police stated in a publish on X that drones had additionally been noticed close to the airports within the Danish cities of Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup.
Fighter Wing Skrydstrup in Southern Jutland is the bottom for Denmark’s F-16 and F-35 fighter jets.
Nationwide police commissioner Thorkild Fogde stated many individuals across the nation had reported drone sightings to the police since Monday.
“In fact, many of those stories don’t cowl actions which might be of curiosity to the police or the navy, however a few of them do, and I feel the one in Aalborg does,” he stated.
Police stated they have been investigating additional on web site and cooperating with the nationwide intelligence service and the armed forces, in addition to authorities in different nations.
There is no such thing as a hazard to passengers at Aalborg airport or residents within the space, police stated.
They added that three flights had been diverted to different airports.
