Munich Airport delayed the launch of its current flying operation, following multiple drones near the terminal, according to a statement by its administrator posted on its website. According to recent updates, flights started gradually from 7am local time (8am in Greece).

At least 6.500 travelers They were affected by the new suspension of the airport’s volatile operation in Munich, which closed at 9:28 pm on Friday, with the suspicion of drones in the area.

According to the airport, 23 incoming flights were shaken to its airports Stuttgart and her Nurembergwhile 12 were still canceled. From departures, 46 flights were canceled or postponed for today (Saturday). In many cases, travelers had already been boarded and were forced to leave the aircraft again.

“Like the night before, Munich Airport, in collaboration with airlines, immediately provided aid to the passengers at terminals. Camp beds were set up and blankets, drinks and snacks were provided »announced the airport.

How did everything start

Both landing-riding corridors at Munich International Airport closed on Friday night for a second time in less than 24 hours, with the commander of an aircraft whose departure was canceled to inform the passengers that drones had been found again.

The London flight pilot told the passengers that police helicopters were in the air and was not clear whether the flight would take place on Friday night.

A spokesman for the airport police said that both Munich’s landing-searching corridors were closed, but the reason for the closure is not yet clear.

All flights to and from Munich have been suspended from 21:28 (local time), ‘Due to unconfirmed drone tracking’ In the area above the city airport, a spokesman for the airport said, adding that it is not clear when the airport will be reopen, which remains closed from midnight to 05:00 for the protection of the area from the noise.

Drones over the north and southern corridor

Meanwhile, the federal police had undertaken the investigation to clarify whether it was indeed unmanned aircraft.

“We are investigating information that there may have been a drone tracking. For security reasons, air traffic control suspended flying functions at 21:28. Security precedes »had stated earlier, the representative of the Munich Federal Police Department Thomas Borovik. According to him, the police had been in full force in the airport area.

A short time later, a federal police spokesman said two patrols noticed Drones at the same time above the north and southern runway of the airport. Unmanned aircraft changed immediately and disappeared without making it possible to recognize them and it is not even clear.

The airport website was published earlier, according to which drones had not yet been confirmed. However, as the airport said, German Air Traffic Control (DFS) decided to suspend the airport’s volatile operation as a preventive measure.

Munich airport

For a second consecutive night

Drones detecting chaos at Munich’s airport already on Thursday night, as more than 17 take -offs were not held and hundreds of passengers stayed overnight at the airport. The flight program was normally run from 05:00 on Friday morning and until the new suspension of the airport operation.

According to the Flightradar24 website, at least 17 flights were fired yesterday (Friday) to the airports of Stuttgart and Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt.

Opened the discussion to better protect airports

Following the new incidents with drones, the debate on the better protection of airports has reopened. The Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Nobrid He called for the cooperation of the Armed Forces to deal with the drones, which are currently responsible for the Police. “We are in a road race between the threat of drones and the defense by drones. This match must be won »said Mr. Dobrid. O Bavarian prime minister Marcus Zender He even advocated the authorization of the police to immediately dismiss drones and heralded the undertaking relevant legislative initiative. ‘We need sovereignty over our airspace’he stressed.