[Article in German, English summary by me]

Late on the Thursday evening drones were sighted at Münich airport which caused the cancellation of 17 flights, affecting almost 3’000 passengers.

This incident, another in a string of similar ones across Europe, shows once again just how vulnerable air traffic is to illegal drone flights.

Union Group leader Spahn called for an immediate build-up of a functioning defense system to face the increasing danger from drones.