Berlin airport briefly suspended its operations at dawn today after the detection of an unidentified drone, advanced an infrastructure spokesman without giving details.
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24/09/2026
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A german federal police confirmed the public radio incident RBB, but indicated not having found any unmanned air vehicle at the airport facilities during its intervention, which lasted approximately 45 minutes.
For its part, the Brandenburg police, the state where the German capital airport is located, opened an investigation into a possible air traffic interruption incident.
According to RBB, Berlin airport has been the most affected in the country this year by drone sightings, which often require temporary closure of the facilities.
The most notorious incident to date occurred in August, when a drone carrying an explosive charge was found at Leipzig Airport (east of Germany) next to a plane carrying military aid to Ukraine.
The German Government is investigating the incident as an attempted terrorist attack, which it attributed to Russian intelligence services.