Overview
- Royal Netherlands Air Force and Marechaussee used ground weapons and counter‑drone measures after guards visually spotted first five and later ten drones over Volkel on Friday evening.
- The drones flew off, were not recovered, and poor night visibility hampered tracking, officials said.
- Multiple drones were reported Saturday at Eindhoven Airport, where civil and military flights were halted for several hours before operations restarted around 22:40 local time.
- State secretary Gijs Tuinman said drones also appeared again over Volkel on Saturday, some crossing the perimeter, and confirmed both soft‑kill and hard‑kill measures were employed without detailing which.
- An operational headquarters is managing the response, police and Marechaussee are investigating, and authorities have not identified who is responsible.