Munich airport temporarily shut after drone sightings in the area 17 mins ago Officials say Munich airport has been temporarily shut down after a string of drone sightings in the area. Airport operators say Germany’s air traffic control restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday and then halted them altogether. Flights in and out of the airport resumed at 5 a.m. local time. Officials said 17 flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers. Fifteen arriving flights were diverted to other airports. EU member countries have reported a series of mysterious drone sightings recently over airports and other critical infrastructure sites in the region.

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