Danish drone incursion the work of ‘professional actor’

Drone activity near four airports in Denmark overnight was the “work of a professional actor”, Denmark’s defence minister has warned just two days after the country’s main hub was shut down in response to sightings that rattled European aviation.

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Aalborg airport, in north Denmark, was forced to shut down after the drone sightings, while three smaller airports in the region- Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup - remained open despite similar incidents.

It is unclear how many drones were seen in the incident, which also affected the country's armed forces due to the military base stationed at Aalborg airport.

"There can be no doubt that everything points to this being the work of a professional actor," defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. " It certainly does not look like a coincidence. It looks systematic. This is what I would define as a hybrid attack."