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This year there have been repeated drone sightings at airports in Germany and Europe, leading to temporary airspace closures.
The airspace at Berlin's BER airport was briefly closed on Wednesday evening after a drone sighting. A drone was spotted over the airport grounds around 8 p.m., a BER spokeswoman told the Bild newspaper. The airspace over the airport was then closed at 8:20 p.m. Several flights were diverted.
After 45 minutes the airspace was reopened. A spokeswoman for the Federal Police told the dpa news agency that employees at the airport had spotted the drone, whereupon Federal Police forces were on the lookout for it. "We were unable to make any determination," said the spokeswoman.
The exact background is currently unclear. However, the incident is not an isolated case - there have been repeated drone sightings at airports in Germany and Europe this year. In some cases, airports were closed for this reason.
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