Germany's Hanover Airport suspends flights after drone sighted

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2026-08-11

Hanover, Germany (dpa) - Flight operations at Germany's Hanover Airport were suspended for more than an hour at around dawn on Tuesday after a drone was spotted at the site. Runways were closed between around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) and around 5:20 am, an airport spokeswoman told dpa. Six passenger flights were delayed, and a cargo plane from Paris was diverted. Flight operations have been running normally again since the morning, the spokeswoman said......

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