Another incident with drone happened on the evening of Thursday 06.11.2025 at Belgiumresulting in the temporary closure of Brussels airport causing disruption.
Brussels airport has temporarily suspended its operations as a drone was detected in the area of Belgium, as reported by a representative of the air traffic control service Skeyes.
Belgium’s National Security Council decided earlier today to take a series of emergency measures, following multiple drone incursions into Belgian airspace, over military bases and near Brussels and Liège airports, which were forced to suspend operations overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.
DRONES ARE BACK IN BELGIUM. This time at airforce base Melsbroek. Also reports from drones around Brussels Airport and nuclear power plant Doel. The footage is from Melsbroek. Again a chaotic night for the Belgians #drones #uapX #Belgium pic.twitter.com/oOWdIU3yAB
— CLINTRETROSPECTIVE (@ClintCooreman) November 6, 2025
Defense Minister Theo Franken said, among other things, that he will submit a specific plan to deal with drones, which is estimated to cost around 50 million euros. Commenting on the repeated drone incursions into Belgian airspace, he spoke of a coordinated operation by “professionals” with the aim of sowing “panic” and “destabilizing” Belgium.
Earlier it Sweden’s second largest airport, in Gothenburgtemporarily suspended its flights, after the appearance of one or more drones in the airspace.