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If drones obstruct my flight plans, what are my rights?

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October 04, 2025

QWhat’s the deal with rights with all these drone shutdowns? Is the airline still liable to get you home?

- Simon Calder

If drones obstruct my flight plans, what are my rights?

A Munich is the latest airport to be temporarily closed due to unauthorised drone activity, following similar incidents in Warsaw, Copenhagen and Oslo. In the past month, dozens of flights have been diverted and cancelled, wrecking the plans of thousands of passengers. But almost all those travellers should have been protected by European air passengers' rights rules to offer care and onward travel.

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