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Drone sighting forces Lithuanian president’s plane to circle before landing in Vilnius
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda’s C-27J Spartan was unable to land in Vilnius for a period of time after air traffic services received reports of a drone near the airport, prompting a brief halt to arrivals, Delfi reported. Shortly before the incident, flight control services were alerted to a drone in the vicinity of the airport toward which the president’s C-27J Spartan was headed. The aircraft executed a “missed approach” near the airpor…
The plane carrying Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda was unable to land at Vilnius Airport for two hours on Tuesday because an unidentified drone was in the airspace.
The military Spartan carrying President Gitanas Nausėda from Helsinki to Lithuania was forced to circle around Vilnius Airport on Tuesday evening. It turns out that a drone was spotted near Vilnius Airport.
Lithuanian president’s plane delays landing in Vilnius after drone sighting
A plane carrying Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda had to delay its landing at Vilnius Airport after reports of a drone sighting on Tuesday, presidential spokesperson Tomas Berzinskas told state broadcaster LRT. “As the plane approached Vilnius Airport, we received information that a drone had been spotted and it wasn’t safe to land yet. The pilots took all necessary safety measures and landed a short while later,” Berzinskas said. Latvian ne…
The air service was restored when it became known that the drone was not a threat.
The plane with the President of Lithuania was forced to postpone the landing due to the danger from the drone, a similar case previously happened with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen - do not exclude the Russian trace
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