Danish Aalborg Airport closed due to drone activity
The incident comes after a four-hour closure due to the detection of drones at Copenhagen Airport.
BarcelonaDenmark's Aalborg Airport has been closed due to the presence of drones in its airspace, local police said early this morning, two days after the country's main airport, Copenhagen, was also closed for four hours due to drone observations. The drones' actions followed a similar pattern. In this case, the disruption also affects the military, because Aalborg Airport is also used as a military base.
Denmark said Tuesday that the incident at Copenhagen Airport had been the most serious attack so far against its critical infrastructure, and linked it to a series of alleged Russian drone incursions and other disruptions across Europe. Norwegian authorities also closed Oslo Airport airspace for three hours Monday night after a drone was spotted.
On Tuesday, North Jutland police announced that "more than one drone" had been seen near Aalborg Airport and that they were flying with their lights on.
According to police, the drones were first spotted Wednesday at around 9:44 p.m. local time and were still in the airspace at the time of the press conference, which was held at 12:05 a.m. on Thursday.
Europe is on high alert after several NATO member states reported Russian incursions into their airspace. Last week, Estonia and Poland requested consultations with other NATO members after accusing Russian fighter jets of violating their airspace. Romania, also a NATO member, claimed that Russian drones had entered its airspace. Russia denied violating Estonian airspace and insisted the incursion into Poland was not deliberate. It did not comment on the incident in Romania.
Following a meeting on Tuesday, NATO issued a statement condemning Russia's actions and warning that it would use "all necessary military and non-military tools" to defend itself, the statement said. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said: "We are a defensive alliance, yes, but we are not naive, we see what is happening." After his speech at the UN, Donald Trump suggested that NATO countries should attack Russian aircraft that invade their airspace.