US EditionLithuania capital airport closes again over balloons
- Vilnius Airport temporarily halted operations due to suspected balloons in its airspace, marking another flight disruption in Lithuania.
- The airport has faced at least 10 closures since early October due to flight disruptions caused by balloon sightings.
- Lithuania claims that weather balloons used by smugglers are transporting contraband cigarettes and blames Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for this issue.
- Lukashenko referred to Lithuania's border closure as a 'crazy scam', accusing the West of waging a hybrid war against Belarus and Russia.
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The airport in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius had to temporarily suspend operations due to suspicious balloons in the airspace, the British newspaper Guardian reports.
In Lithuania, the capital airport of Vilnius has again temporarily ceased operations.
At Vilnius airport, no aircraft could take off and land temporarily. Smugglers from Belarus are supposed to be responsible for this. Meanwhile, air traffic is running again.
Lithuanian authorities suspended operations at Vilnius Airport overnight due to balloons flying into the country's airspace from Belarus. The restrictions were imposed at 6:09 p.m. on Sunday and lifted at 5 a.m. on Monday.
Regularly, balloons and drones cross the border from Belarus to Lithuania. Flights have to be cancelled again and again. The Lithuanian government regards this as a hybrid attack.
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