Nearly 20,000 passengers were affected by 31 flight diversions and over 100 cancellations
Large drones that flew over Copenhagen Airport for hours and caused it to shut down were the “most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure” to date, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday.
Airports in Copenhagen and Oslo reopened early on Tuesday, hours after unidentified drones in their airspace caused dozens of flights to be diverted or cancelled, disrupting thousands of passengers.
“This is part of the development we have recently observed with other drone attacks, airspace violations, and cyberattacks targeting European airports,” Frederiksen said in a statement.
She referred to similar drone incidents in Poland and Romania and the violation by Russian fighter jets of Estonia’s airspace.
