Air traffic controllers were alerted to a drone sighting at Dublin Airport at 6.45pm this evening
At around 6.45pm, air traffic controllers were alerted to a drone sighting at the airport and in line with protocols for confirmed drone sightings, operations at the airport were suspended.The pilots of all departing flights were advised that operations at Dublin had been suspended and they would not be taking off as a result of the sighting.
Other aircraft on approach to Dublin were placed in holding patterns over the Irish Sea while flights scheduled to depart were grounded as the reported drone sighting was investigated. At around 7.10pm it was confirmed operations were ready to resume and flights were once again cleared to depart. Aircraft that had been holding were cleared to approach and land.
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