According to Norway’s public broadcaster NRK
On Tuesday, September 30, near the Brønnøysund airport in Norway, a drone was sighted. Police were unable to determine who was piloting the drone, public broadcaster NRK reported.
That evening at the airport’s control tower, staff spotted the drone and called the police. As a result of the incident, one scheduled flight was diverted, and the airport was closed for the night. Law enforcement conducted a search, but to no avail.
“We completed the search with the police resources available in this area. We observed a drone in the air, but could not locate the pilot associated with this drone. Therefore, after the search we concluded the operation on the scene”
Avinor Airport spokeswoman Caroline Persen told NRK that the last plane landed on schedule, the airport was closed for the night and would reopen in the morning of October 1 according to the usual schedule.
On September 29, workers on the Sleipner A oil platform in Norway spotted a drone over the field watching them. Operations Manager Roger Litlatun confirmed that an internal investigation has begun. And on the weekend of September 27–28, drone activity disrupted air traffic in the country.
On September 27 it became known that drones flew over the Erland military base in Norway. The drones flew over the base for about two hours, and then disappeared.
Earlier, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated that in spring and summer of this year Russia violated the country’s airspace three times. After this, the Norwegian authorities “directly and clearly” discussed these incidents with the Russian authorities to reduce the risk of misunderstandings and escalation.
On the evening of September 22 in the Norwegian capital Oslo, drones were spotted over the Akershus Fortress military facility. Later, police reported the detention of two Singaporean citizens suspected of involvement in the incident.
