Munich airport resumes flights after drone sightings

MUNICH, Oct. 03 (YPA) – Germany’s Munich airport has resumed operations after several drone sightings forced it to close and cancel more than a dozen flights on Thursday night.

As operations resumed early this morning, eyewitnesses told Reuters that they saw passengers checking in for a flight to Varna in Bulgaria, with the departures board showing only a few cancelled flights.

According to the airport’s website, the first plane to land was from Bangkok, at around 5:25 a.m.

Munich Airport authorities announced a temporary suspension of flight operations on Thursday evening after drones were spotted over the airport. The sightings forced air traffic controllers to halt flights, resulting in the cancellation of 17 flights and affecting nearly 3,000 passengers.

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