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Flights resumed at Copenhagen airport after drone sightings
Flights have resumed at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark after reports of drones in the air led to delays and cancellations.
Denmark's biggest airport was forced to close on Monday evening following the sightings. Police said two or three large drones had been seen flying in the area.
The airport halted operations at 8.26pm local time (7.26pm UK time) according to flight tracking service FlightRadar. Around 35 flights were diverted to alternate airports, FlightRadar said.
An airport spokesperson said police were working to identify the drones but declined to provide further details, citing the ongoing investigation. The airport was not confirmed to have reopened until midnight local time, but it warned of continued delays and cancellations.
Flights then resumed early on Tuesday, but it came as Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported that a drone incident in Oslo caused the airport to force all traffic to one runway. Danish police added that the drones appeared to have been sent by "a capable operator," came from multiple directions and that they disappeared after the disruption.
The force also said there was no immediate evidence that the Norwegian incident was related. Read more from Sky News:Typhoon brings 183mph winds as thousands evacuatedJailed British-Egyptian activist pardoned by Egypt's president 'It's quite scary' Copenhagen Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jakob Hansen earlier said that the drones had "disappeared.
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