Flights grounded for two hours at Frankfurt airport after drone sighting
Germany’s busiest airport was shut down for nearly two hours on Monday after a drone was spotted near the facility, federal police said.
A pilot reported the drone over the southern part of Frankfurt’s international airport around 11.15am and the airport was shut as police searched the area with the support of a helicopter.
⚠ #Update:Seit 13:00 Uhr laufen die Starts und Landungen am #Flughafen #Frankfurt wieder. Die Ermittlungen von Landes- und #Bundespolizei dauern an. #Pressemitteilung folgt. #Drohne@Airport_FRA @dfs_de @Polizei_Ffm https://t.co/R4xp46vfBY
— Bundespolizei Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (@bpol_air_fra) March 2, 2020
Police tweeted that the airport was reopened at 1pm but the investigation was continuing.
Several flights were cancelled or re-routed, among them a plane with the governor of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, who was returning from a visit to Israel.
Only a few weeks ago, Frankfurt airport had to be shut down for about an hour because of a drone sighting and in 2019, some 28 drone sightings were reported there, the dpa news agency reported.
