Flights in and out of the airport resumed at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT), said Stefan Bayer, a spokesman for Germany’s federal police at Munich airport.
Flights in and out of Munich airport were thrown into disarray after a sudden suspension late Thursday, following several drone sightings in the vicinity of the facility.
Germany’s air traffic control restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10 p.m. and then halted them altogether, airport operators said in a statement, the Associated Press reports.
Flights in and out of the airport resumed at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT), said Stefan Bayer, a spokesman for Germany’s federal police at Munich airport.
Authorities were not immediately able to provide any information about who was responsible for the overflights, Bayer said.
The airport’s website indicated that some departures had taken place early on Friday.
Airport officials reported that 17 flights were unable to take off, affecting nearly 3,000 passengers, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to three other airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria.
Hundreds of stranded passengers spent the night in cots set up in terminals or were taken to hotels, and blankets, drinks, and snacks were distributed to them, the German news agency dpa reported.
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