Germany will provide Belgium with counter-drone defence after weeks of unidentified drone activity at the country's airports and military bases.
Drone sighting reports at Belgium's Liege and Brussels Airport temporarily halted flights overnight and on Friday morning. These were reported at Liege Airport on Thursday night and again on Friday morning, the Skeyes air traffic control service said.
'Drones no fly zone' sign Liege Airport terminal. EPA / OLIVIER HOSLET
The airport was closed for about 30 minutes on Friday morning after the service received a report of a drone flying above the airport near the FedEx transport company's warehouses at 6.30am GMT. Flights were suspended at 6.57am.
"We have to take every report seriously", Kurt Verwilligen, a spokesperson for the service, said.
The sighting at Brussels Airport on Thursday night also caused the temporary closur
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