Smugglers' balloons disrupt flights at Vilnius airport
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Vilnius: More than 20 balloons used to smuggle counterfeit cigarettes from Belarus to Lithuania disrupted operations at Vilnius airport overnight and...
Vilnius: More than 20 balloons used to smuggle counterfeit cigarettes from Belarus to Lithuania disrupted operations at Vilnius airport overnight and affected around 30 flights, local authorities said Sunday.
EU and NATO member Lithuania is sensitive to airspace violations following two incidents in July involving Russian drones that came from neighboring Belarus. One of the drones was carrying explosives.
“Flights at Vilnius airport were disrupted from 22:15 pm (1915 GMT) on Saturday until 4:40 am on Sunday,” Darius Buta, national crisis management center representative, told AFP.
He said around 30 flights were delayed, canceled or diverted.
Around 25 balloons violated Lithuanian airspace, including two near Vilnius airport, he said, adding that 11 had been discovered by Sunday morning.
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