Drone sighting halts flights at Berlin airport for 45 minutes

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2026-09-23

Berlin (dpa) - Flight operations at Berlin's airport were completely suspended for 45 minutes on Wednesday evening following a drone sighting, airport and federal police spokeswomen told dpa. The restrictions have since been lifted. A drone was spotted at around 8 pm (1800 GMT), prompting German air traffic control to close the airport's northern runway to take-offs and landings. The southern runway was also closed at 8:20 pm, bringing flight ope......

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