When approaching the Vilnius airport, information about the identity of a drone was received and that landing was very dangerous.
The Spartan plane with Lithuanian president Gitanas Naubeda was unable to reach the Vilnius airport for several hours due to information that an unknown drone could be on airspace. This was announced by Lithuanian president’s press secretary Thomas Berzhinskas, LRT reports.
It was noted that according to the Fluralradar24 resource, the plane flew from Helsinki on 19.10, began circles in Vilnius and reached 21.17.
“When approaching the Vilnius airport, information about drone identity was received and the landing was still dangerous. The pilots took all the security measures and after a few hours arrived,” the Secretary Secretary said.
As the company has specified Oro Navigacija, the drone report in the area of lepkyalnis originated in Lietuvos Ora Uosta Aviation Security Service. Then, safety methods were activated: flights were suspended in a snap, and after receiving information about the absence of a threat, the movement continued.
What exactly the drone broke the aircraft movement was clear.
Remember that in the middle of Lithuania in the Gaizhunay Training Ground, the Yonava district found a drone that violated Belarus’s country’s airspace.
It is also reported that Lithuania will establish additional air defense systems on the border with Belarus, considering the drone flew to the country’s airspace.
News from CORRESPONDENT.NET On the telegram and whatsapp. Subscribe to our channels https://t.me/KorresPondentNet and WhatsApp
Source: korrespondent
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.