Berlin Airport briefly suspends flights over drone sighting

Airspace over the German capital was temporarily closed after a drone was spotted on the runway. Flights have resumed but are experiencing delays.

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Deutschland Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg 'Willy Brandt (BER)
The suspension lasted around 45 minutesImage: Florian Gaertner/photothek.de/picture alliance

Berlin’s airport briefly suspended flights on Wednesday evening after a drone sighting, Germany’s DPA news agency cited airport and police officials as saying.

A drone was spotted on the Berlin Brandenburg Airport’s northern runway at 8:00 p.m. (1800 GMT). Airspace above the airport was closed minutes later and operations were suspended for at least 45 minutes.

Several flights were diverted to Dresden.

As of 9:05 p.m., airspace was reopened but flights were experiencing delays.

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