Drones Shut Down Sweden’s Second-Biggest Airport, Further Sightings in Belgium

Germany has announced that it was setting up rapid response teams to counter drone activity, with a unit dispatched to Belgium.

A police vehicle is parked outside the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport as the airspace above was temporarily closed after drones were observed around the airport, in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Nov. 6, 2025. Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via Reuters

Flights have resumed at Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport after being grounded on Nov. 6 following drone sightings. This was the latest incident of disruption at European airports due to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in their vicinity.

Authorities said one or more UAVs were spotted at Sweden’s second-largest airport at around 5:41 p.m. local time, resulting in more than a dozen flights having to be canceled or rerouted to other airports.