Overview
- At Munich Airport two pilots independently reported a possible drone early Saturday which led authorities to suspend takeoffs and landings for about an hour while police and a helicopter searched the airfield and found nothing.
- An anonymous phone bomb threat at Berlin Brandenburg Airport forced the land‑side evacuation and closure of Terminal 2 on Thursday night while bomb experts swept the area and reopened it after checks; a criminal investigation into the caller is ongoing.
- Federal and state police coordinated the responses with the German air navigation service (DFS), deploying bomb squads, ground teams and aerial units to clear both sites before operations resumed.
- The temporary closures disrupted travel during a busy holiday period with roughly two dozen flights diverted from Munich and dozens of arrivals and departures delayed as airlines and airports managed the backlog.
- Authorities point to a pattern of recent drone reports that prompted the government to set up a drone‑defence centre and tighten air‑security rules, and officials will review these latest incidents for gaps in detection and response.