Overview

• Schiphol temporarily closed the Polderbaan runway for 45 minutes after multiple pilot reports around 12:10 local time.
• Pilots placed the device at roughly 150 meters altitude, and a Transavia captain reported it passed about 50 meters from his aircraft.
• Police units, including a helicopter, searched the area but found neither a drone nor an operator.
• Arrivals used the adjacent Zwanenburgbaan runway, and the airfield returned to normal operations by about 13:00.
• Norway’s NRK reported a drone sighting near the Ørland Air Force base, as Dutch military police tally 22 suspected drone incidents near airports this year.