Overview

• Germany’s air navigation service closed both runways around 22:30 after multiple drone reports, including sightings by police, and flight operations resumed early Friday.
• About 3,000 travelers were affected as 17 departures were canceled and 15 arrivals were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, with field beds and supplies set up in terminals.
• Federal and state police, supported by a helicopter, found neither devices nor operators, and investigators have not determined the number or type of drones reported.
• Lufthansa said service has since returned to schedule after 19 of its flights were canceled or diverted, with three long-haul services to Asia expected to operate later Friday.
• The incident adds to a rise in drone activity across the region, with probes into suspected reconnaissance over critical infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein, recent Scandinavian airport disruptions, and Norwegian arrests near restricted airport zones reported this week.