Due to the discovery of a drone, the German Munich airport was closed on the night of 3 October, which is the airport closed again within 24 hours due to the discovery of a drone.

According to the BBC, the airport said in a statement on the evening of 3 that the airport was suspended at 9:30 p.m.

DPA said that due to the shutdown, 46 flights could not leave Hong Kong, 23 inbound flights were diverted to other airports, and 12 flights to Munich were cancelled, affecting a total of about 6,500 passengers.

Less than 24 hours before this, due to repeated discoveries of drones, German air traffic control authorities restricted flight operations at Munich Airport from 10:18 pm on the 2nd, and subsequently suspended operations completely. That night, 17 flights at Munich Airport were unable to take off, and another 15 arriving flights were diverted to other airports, affecting nearly 3000 passengers. The airport just resumed operations on the morning of the 3rd.

According to the German Air Traffic Control Department, the number of drone interference at German airports has increased significantly in recent years. From January to August this year, German airports 144 drone interference incidents, with 113 and 99 interference incidents in the same period last year and the previous year, respectively.