Incident at the airport Hannover - flight four hours, interrupted

At the airport Hanover it has been on Saturday afternoon, a security-related incident. A motorist has broken a gate and gets on the apron. A drug test was positive. The flight operation is interrupted for about 16 hours, in the meantime, the operation is run again. the

After an incident at the airport in Hannover has been set on the Saturday afternoon, the air traffic for about four hours. A man in a car had just broken in front of 16 at a gate and went to the apron, said a spokesman for the Federal police. Officials could have taken him to several Hundred meters to stop.

the driver of The car, a 25-year-old man, as it is called by the police, had been taken into custody. Whether it was a stroke, an accident or the actions of a confused people, was initially unclear. In the meantime, the Federal police announced that the man was probably under the influence of drugs. A corresponding Test was positive for cocaine and amphetamines. To the nationality of the man, there is still no exact information. The car had a Polish registration plate. It was not, however, exclude the possibility that the man was not a Pole.

The flight operation was interrupted in the afternoon. Machines could not take off or land. The planes after the incident already in the air and on approach to Hannover were diverted. A part of the area of the terminal A has A show closed as a precaution, because it will have front glass, in the direction of the cars, said a spokesman for the airport. A bomb disposal service was looking under the car, but found no dangerous items. A terrorist Background, the police.

around 19 o'clock was the Check-in again noun and from 20 clock, flight operations could be resumed. For the evening, some of the departures are according to the Website of the airport is still provided.

As reported in the NDR, it was exactly at the time when the Autofaher broke out of the gate, a machine of the Greek Aegean Airlines in the approach. The pilots should be consulted.

At the airport in Hannover are transported annually around six million passengers. He is on place 9 of the busiest airports in Germany and has three Terminals.