Stockholm: Several flights were cancelled or redirected after a drone sighting caused traffic to be stopped at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport in western Sweden on Thursday, authorities and the airport operator said.
"The airspace over Landvetter is closed at the moment because of an indication of a suspected drone," Susanne Norman, COO of Swedish airport operator Swedavia, said in a written statement to AFP.
Bjorn Stavas, a spokesman for Sweden's air traffic control LFV, said traffic had been stopped following "drone" observation shortly before 6:00 pm (1700 GMT).
Stavas said it was not known to them whether the observation was of one or multiple drones.
Landvetter's webpage showed that several flights had been either cancelled, delayed or redirected as a result.
Earlier this week, drone sightings at Brussel's main airport led to some 80 flights being halted.
This week's interruptions also come after a recent spate of mysterious drone incidents targeting airports and sensitive military locations in several European countries, including Germany and Denmark.
Suspicions have swirled over potential Russian involvement in increased drone activity across Europe, with tension high as the war in Ukraine drags through its fourth year.
