Drones disrupt 50 flights at Vietnam’s Danang airport during Lunar New Year


It was not clear who operated the drones or how close they came to aircraft. -- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH via The Straits Times/ANN

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP): Unauthorised drones disrupted more than 50 flights at Vietnam's Danang international airport during the busy Lunar New Year holiday, state media said Monday.

Two separate incidents last week saw flights delayed or forced into holding patterns before landing when authorities detected drones flying dangerously close to aircraft, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

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