MORE THAN ONE DRONE
Northern Jutland police told reporters “more than one drone” had been sighted near Aalborg airport and they were flying with lights on.
The drones were first sighted at about 9.44pm (Thursday, 3.44am, Singapore time) on Wednesday, according to police, and remained in the airspace until 12.54am on Thursday.
Eurocontrol, which oversees European air traffic control, said arrivals and departures at Aalborg airport would be at a “zero rate” until 4am GMT on Thursday due to drone activity in the vicinity.
The first flight from Aalborg on Thursday is scheduled at 4.20am GMT, the airport’s website showed.
Northern Jutland police said they could not specify the type of drones or whether they were the same as the ones flying over Copenhagen airport on Monday.
“It is too early to say what the goal of the drones is and who is the actor behind,” a police official said.
Northern Jutland police later said that efforts to take down the drones had been unsuccessful and the drone operators had yet to be apprehended.
Southern Jutland police said in a post on X that drones had also been observed near the airports in the Danish towns of Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup.
Fighter Wing Skrydstrup in Southern Jutland is the base for Denmark’s F-16 and F-35 fighter jets.
National police commissioner Thorkild Fogde said many people around the country had reported drone sightings to the police since Monday.
“Of course, many of these reports do not cover activities that are of interest to the police or the military, but some of them do, and I think the one in Aalborg does,” he said.
Police said they were investigating further on site and cooperating with the national intelligence service and the armed forces, as well as authorities in other countries.
There is no danger to passengers at Aalborg airport or residents in the area, police said.
They added that three flights had been diverted to other airports.
