Air alert was lifted and the airport reopened 38 minutes

Air alert was lifted and the airport reopened 38 minutes after a NATO fighter pilot visually confirmed that the situation had ended. Earlier, Estonia declared air alert and launched NATO fighters due to drones entering its airspace.

Coverage (4 sources)

• Lithuania mistook birds for drones and closed Vilnius airport — Вести
• Vilnius Airport suspended operations due to drones — Интерфакс
• Brussels Airport suspended flights due to drone report — Ведомости
• In Brussels airport, drone appearance disrupted plane landing schedule — Интерфакс

Key entities

• Lithuania
• Vilnius
• Moscow
• INTERFAX.RU
• Airport
• Brussels
• Media
• Ministry of Defense
• NATO
• Reuters
• Liège
• Šiauliai
• Herald Online
• Ostend
• Quentin Mertens