Drone sightings disrupt flights at Belgian airports, hundreds stranded overnight

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Before operations gradually resumed on Wednesday, hundreds of passengers were stuck due to a series of drone sightings that hampered air traffic at various airports overnight. Belgian authorities have opened an inquiry into these sightings.

Due to numerous reports of unidentifiable drones in the area, Liege Airport and Brussels International Airport were both compelled to halt airplane arrivals and departures late on Tuesday.

Numerous passenger and cargo flights were canceled as a result of the several-hour stoppage, and an estimated 500 travelers spent the night inside Brussels Airport while authorities attempted to ensure safety.

Bernard Quintin, the interior minister of Belgium, acknowledged that a thorough investigation was in progress to ascertain the quantity of drones involved and the perpetrators of the event.

In order to evaluate the security implications and develop preventive measures, he continued, the government would call a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday.

“The recurrence of drone-related incidents directly affects the security of our country. We must act in a calm, serious, and coordinated manner,” Quintin stated on X.

The disruption comes after a recent surge of enigmatic drone operations that have targeted important military installations and airports throughout Europe. These occurrences have caused security services in nations like Germany and Denmark to become more concerned.

As the crisis in Ukraine approaches its fourth year and tensions with NATO nations continue to be high, the most recent incident also coincides with growing suspicions of potential Russian connections to expanded drone operations in Europe.

A few days prior, unexplained drone operations above the Kleine-Brogel military base—a highly restricted location thought to contain U.S. nuclear weapons—had been reported by Belgian officials.

A representative for Belgium’s air traffic control agency, Skeyes, stated that flight operations had resumed by early Wednesday morning following security evaluations that verified the impacted airspaces were safe for travel.

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