Overview

• Aalborg’s airspace was shut from about 23:40 to 00:35 local time after a suspected drone sighting, forcing a KLM flight to turn back and prompting a Scandinavian Airlines cancellation.
• Earlier this week, unauthorized drones disrupted operations at Aalborg for several hours and were reported near Esbjerg, Sønderborg and the Skrydstrup air base, after a separate closure at Copenhagen airport.
• Danish police and the Armed Forces have opened a joint investigation, decided not to shoot down drones for civilian safety and announced plans to acquire detection and neutralization tools.
• Officials say the incursions appear coordinated and systematic, NATO says it is treating the case seriously and the EU’s top official has warned of a broader pattern of drone challenges at Europe’s borders.
• Norwegian police seized a drone near Oslo and will question a foreign national who was operating it, and authorities there say they see no link so far to the Danish incidents.