Overview
- Brussels Airport said all departures and arrivals were suspended Tuesday evening due to suspected drones near Zaventem.
- Charleroi, Belgium’s second-busiest airport, temporarily halted arrivals as a precaution, according to the operator.
- Belgian military intelligence opened an investigation after repeated drone overflights of the Kleine-Brogel base on October 31 and November 1.
- Defence Minister Theo Francken described the activity as a coordinated operation by professionals to sow panic and declined to directly attribute it to Russia.
- Skeyes, the Belgian air navigation service, was not immediately reachable for comment, and no timeline was given for resuming normal operations, as similar drone reports have recently disrupted several German airports.