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The Bavarian airport has stopped air traffic for the second occasion in a single day, following further unconfirmed drone sightings.

In a communication on Friday night, the airport authority said that flights were stopped at 9:30 PM local (20:30 GMT), impacting nearly six thousand five hundred flyers.

A minimum of 17 planes were also grounded in Bavaria on the previous evening due to multiple drone sightings in nearby flight paths.

It represents the most recent in a string of events related to UAVs that have affected air travel in Europe in the past few weeks.

Continental Officials Probe Drone Incidents

Agencies in Belgium on Thursday were also investigating observations of 15 unmanned aircraft, which were observed above the Elsenborn base close to the German border.

Following the observation, the drones according to reports traveled from that nation to the German side, where they were also spotted by law enforcement in the tiny German town of that location.

Leaders have been unsuccessful to pinpoint where the drones came from or who controlled them.

Ministerial Reaction and Regulations

The nation's Home Affairs Minister the minister has announced he will raise the topic of drone defense systems at a Saturday meeting of European government leaders, which was initially scheduled as a migration summit.

Previously that day, the official also promised to advance proposed legislation enabling it more straightforward for the police to request the defense forces to down drones.

EU Authorities Discuss Drone Issue

New incidents across the continent prompted a conference in Copenhagen this week.

Multiple EU member states have supported proposals for a extensive "UAV barrier" to swiftly detect, then follow and destroy suspected UAVs.

Twenty suspected UAVs entered into Poland and suspected MiG-31 jets breached Estonia's skies in distinct new occurrences.

Copenhagen and Oslo terminals were compelled to halt operations after unknown drones were observed near airport and defense skies.

German Chancellor the figure remarked prior to the summit that airspace incursions were getting worse and that it was "plausible to presume the aircraft are coming from the Russian side."

Russia has disputed any participation, while Scandinavian leaders state there was insufficient indication the nation was implicated.

Talking at a conference in the coastal location of the city on Thursday, the figure Vladimir Putin ridiculed allegations he directed UAVs to Denmark.

"No repeat occurrences. Not again - nor to the French or the Danes or the capital," Putin stated.