Munich Airport has been forced to shut down operations on Thursday night following multiple drone sightings, making it the latest major European hub to be disrupted by unexplained drone activity.

According to airport officials, 17 flights were cancelled shortly after 10 pm local time, impacting nearly 3000 passengers.

Another 15 incoming flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt in Germany, as well as Vienna, Austria.

“Some flights are still waiting to take off, others have been cancelled. Everything is under control and the airport is due to reopen at 5 am,” a call handler told CNN while responding to passenger inquiries overnight.

The Bavarian airport, a key hub for Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa, served nearly 20 million travellers in the first half of 202

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