Overview
- Belgium’s air traffic authority Skeyes halted nationwide traffic twice Tuesday night following successive drone detections near Brussels-Zaventem and Liège.
- By Wednesday morning, operations at Brussels-Zaventem were resuming with the airport expecting a return to normal over the course of the day.
- At least 80 flights at Brussels were canceled or diverted and roughly 400 to 500 passengers spent the night in the terminal, according to airport officials.
- Prime Minister Bart De Wever convened the national security council after sightings at the two airports and reported incursions over two military bases.
- Investigations are underway with no confirmed attribution, flights were diverted to Charleroi and Maastricht, and reports differ on whether Charleroi briefly restricted arrivals.