Lithuanian Capital City Suspends Flights Due to Drone Warning

Citizens in Vilnius were ordered to take shelter in the latest of a spate of drone incidents over the Baltic states
Lithuanian Capital City Suspends Flights Due to Drone Warning
The Lithuanian flag in Vilnius on March 11, 2013. Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images
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The airport in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius suspended flights on May 20 due to a drone warning, the country’s national crisis management center said.

The alert was issued after a drone was seen in the neighbouring nation of Belarus flying toward Lithuania, the center said, adding that the drone’s origin had not been confirmed. Citizens in Vilnius were asked to take shelter.

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