The airspace over Aalborg Airport in Denmark has been closed after drones were spotted flying nearby, airport CEO Niels Hemmingsen told CNN on Wednesday, marking the second time this week that an airport in the country has been forced to close due to drone sightings.
Police have not yet determined who is behind the latest incident but are investigating several theories, Denmark’s National Police Commissioner Thorkild Fogde told CNN.
“Once again, we have verified these objects violating the airspace over the airport as drones,” he said, noting that additional drone sightings were reported in at least three other airports Wednesday night into Thursday morning, but so far only the drones in Aalborg have been verified.
Police have not ruled out taking out the drones, Fogde added, but stressed that such a scenario would be complicated.
“You need to have the means to take down the drones,” he said. “You need to be able to get close enough to the flying drones, and you also have to be able to do it without jeopardizing flight safety around the airport … and you have to take public security into consideration.”
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