Lithuania Issues Air Warning, Closes Kaunas Airport over Unidentified Object
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In Lithuania, residents in the central and northern parts of the country were urged to seek shelter after it was assessed that an unidentified aircraft may have entered the airspace, while two Italian Eurofighter fighter jets belonging to NATO were dispatched to the region.
Two security incidents in Germany and Lithuania alerted the European authorities and determined emergency measures at Leipzig/Halle and Kaunas airports. In Germany, police are investigating a possible unauthorized entry into the perimeter of the airport after they discovered a damaged fence near Russian cargo planes. In Lithuania, detection of an object [...]
Two European airports were affected by security incidents. In Germany, one vehicle would have breached the airport guard at Leipzig/Halle, and in Lithuania, an unidentified flying object led to the mobilisation of NATO air forces and the closure of Kaunas airport.
Lithuania issues air warning, closes Kaunas airport over unidentified object
A red air alert was issued, prompting NATO air policing fighter jets to be dispatched to the area. Kaunas Airport was also temporarily closed, the crisis management centre said, Reuters reported. Neighbouring Latvia issued a yellow air warning in some regions bordering Lithuania during the same period, citing a possible threat. The warning was later […] The post Lithuania issues air warning, closes Kaunas airport over unidentified object appeare…
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