Overview
- Flight operations were suspended from 21:47 to 00:16 after drones were sighted near both runways, an airport spokesman said.
- Seven incoming aircraft were affected and diverted to airports including Paderborn, Bremen, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt.
- Bremen temporarily waived its night‑landing restriction to accept diverted flights, according to the airport.
- Two Saturday departures—connections to Frankfurt and Paris—were canceled because the inbound planes could not land the night before.
- Authorities have not determined the drones' type or operators, and the incident follows a similar 45‑minute shutdown at Hannover in November.