Drone sighting temporarily disrupts traffic at Norway’s Oslo airport
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STOCKHOLM – Norway’s Oslo Airport temporarily paused landings early on Oct 6 after a report of a drone sighting near the airport, its operator Avinor said.
“One or more aircraft waited in the air until the situation was clarified. No aircraft departed for alternative airports,” an Avinor spokesperson said.
The Norwegian News Agency (NTB) cited police as saying they had received a report around midnight that a Norwegian Air pilot thought he saw three to five drones during an approach to the airport.
Avinor said there had been no further disruptions to air traffic.
Citing police, NTB reported that the observation remained unverified.
European aviation has been repeatedly thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen, Oslo and Munich.
On Sept 23, Copenhagen Airport, the busiest in the Nordic region, was closed for nearly four hours
The authorities in Denmark and Norway said they were cooperating to determine if the two incidents were connected.
Days later, on Oct 1, European Union leaders meeting in Copenhagen
Separately, Lithuania’s main airport in Vilnius suspended air traffic late on Oct 4 after reports of balloons in its airspace. Flights were diverted to Latvia and Poland before operations resumed early on Oct 5
European airports have faced a string of recent disruptions, including a cyber attack on Sept 20
