Torp Sandefjord airport, Air traffic | Torp fly cancelled
The police moved out on Wednesday morning to Flesland and Haakonsvern in Bergen after reports of possible drones. At 6 o’clock, Bergen Airport Flesland was closed.
– These are clear observations from several teams. It is true. We are awaiting the situation, and the police are in dialogue with an operative manager at Flesland, Øystein Skaar, after the closure.
In the first instance, it is the arrival at 08.30, Widerøe flight WF405 from Bergen to Sandefjord, which is affected at Torp.
These departures from Bergen were cancelled:
0700 to Trondheim, Norwegian
0735 to Trondheim, Widerøe
0740 to Kristiansund, Widerøe
0740 to Sandefjord, Widerøe
0740 to Molde, Widerøe
0740 to Ålesund, Widerøe
0745 to Stavanger, Widerøe
0745 to Aberdeen, Widerøe
0750 to Tromsø, Widerøe
0800 to Stavanger, SAS
0805 to Florø, Widerøe
0815 to Haugesund, Widerøe
0825 to Oslo, SAS
0830 to Oslo, Norwegian
0910 to Stavanger, SAS
0920 to Oslo, Norwegian
0925 to Oslo, SAS
0955 to Stavanger, SAS
1000 to Copenhagen, SAS
1030 to Oslo, SAS
Opens Flesland again
At 08.55 reports The Bergen newspaper that Flesland opens again.
– The decision was taken on the advice of the police and after an assessment together with them. It was decided ten minutes ago, says Skaar ba.no.
He has so far no information about any drones over the airport.
– It is a policy in its entirety. We are not on a drone hunt, but are now working to normalize traffic as soon as possible, says Skaar.
Several airports closed in recent days
On Sunday evening, travelers to Torp were also affected when the flight from Stavanger was canceled following drone sightings at Sola airport. 18-year-old Pernille Lian from Nøtterøy was among those who were hit.
She described the atmosphere at the airport as stressed and nice when the airport suddenly had to be closed. You can read more about it in this case:
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The flight to Pernille (18) was canceled after drone observation: – A nice atmosphere here now
Many drone reports
Sandefjords Blad wrote a short time ago about drone trouble at Norwegian airports. If it turns up drones they don’t know at Torp Sandefjord Airport, may they shut down air traffic.
At Oslo Airport alone, the drone alarm goes off 50 times a month, while at Torp four or five unwanted incidents with drone flights are reported throughout the year.