Overview
- Takeoffs and landings were suspended from 8:08 p.m. to 9:58 p.m. local time after reports of a drone, and multiple flights were diverted to other German cities.
- Brandenburg police said a patrol car observed a drone near the airport, a helicopter was deployed, and the pilot has not been identified.
- Germany's Federal Aviation Office joined the response, operations later resumed, and the airport temporarily relaxed its night-flight ban to ease disruption.
- Departures to Basel, Oslo and Barcelona were held, while a London–Berlin service diverted to Hamburg as the pilot cited drone activity.
- The incident follows recent drone disruptions at airports in Denmark, Norway, Poland and earlier in Munich, with investigations ongoing and political leaders advocating expanded detection and potential shoot-down capability.