The largest airport in Lithuania suspends air traffic due to dozens of smugglers’ balloons

Lithuania is suspended Air traffic at Vilnius airport was attacked late Tuesday due to the presence of dozens of smugglers’ balloons in its airspace, the country’s National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) said in a statement.

European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into disarray in recent weeks by drone sightings and aerial incursions, including in… Airports in CopenhagenMunich and the Baltic region.

“Operations were disrupted by weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus,” the National Cigarette Center said in its statement, adding that passengers were asked to follow official airport information.

eight Incoming flights have been redirected so farThe company operating Vilnius Airport, including Kaunas Airport in Lithuania and Warsaw, said.

Vilnius Airport was also closed on October 5 due to a similar incident involving helium balloons carrying cigarettes smuggled from neighboring Belarus.