Air traffic at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands has been suspended following the sighting of multiple drones.
Dutch minister of defence Ruben Brekelmans said defence counter-drone measures were “ready to intervene”.
The country’s police and military are also on site, the minister added in a post on X, and an investigation is ongoing.
The airport in the south of the Netherlands is used for both military and civilian purposes. All types of air traffic had been halted, Mr Brekelmans said.
The Dutch military on Friday evening had used weapons against drones sighted above the air force base in Volkel, some
40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Eindhoven, the defence ministry had said earlier on Saturday.
Various airports in Europe were closed in September over drone sightings, including in Denmark and Copenhagen.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.
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