Germany’s Munich airport reopened on Saturday morning after officials were closed for the second time within 24 hours on Friday evening due to suspected drone sightings, the airport said in a statement.
One of Germany’s largest airports gradually reopened at 7am on Saturday, compared to the typical 5am hours.
Despite the airport reopening, authorities said delays are expected to continue throughout Saturday.
The situation at Munich Airport comes after the latest mystical drone riot in space in the European Union’s member states.
At least 6,500 passengers were affected by the night closures from Friday to Saturday, according to the airport. The Friday Thursday night closure affected almost 3,000 passengers and about 17 flights were grounded.
Authorities were unable to immediately provide information about the drone flight manager, but the incident comes from a series of mystical drones sightings surrounding airports and other important infrastructure sites in several EU countries.
On Friday, Belgian authorities said they found the drone overnight on a military base across the country. The drone incident in Oslo, a Norwegian capital of NATO, but not part of the EU, also affected the flight later last month.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the flyover, but European authorities have expressed concern that it was being done by Russia, but some experts point out that anyone with a drone could be behind it.
Moscow rejects allegations of involvement and denies it being behind the drone invasion in Denmark. Last week, President Vladimir Putin described the claim as hysterical.
Meanwhile, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrinz said he and some European counterparts will discuss drone intrusions and “drone detection and defense plans” at a meeting in Munich this weekend.
“We are in the race between the threat of drone and the defence of drone. We need to win this race,” he said, adding German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron to join German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron at a ceremony commemorating the 35th anniversary of German rule.