Flights at Ben Gurion Airport Temporarily Halted Due to Drone Intrusion

Flights at Ben Gurion Airport were temporarily suspended on Monday, August 10, after a civilian drone entered the airspace. The alert was raised at 11:40 when a controller spotted the drone approaching. Police located the operator within an hour, who was conducting commercial filming for a construction company. No threat was found, and the airport resumed normal operations.

At Ben Gurion Airport on Monday, August 10, operations were temporarily halted due to an unidentified civilian drone entering the airspace. The alarm was raised at 11:40 when a controller spotted the drone approaching the airport. Takeoffs and landings were paused for a few minutes, after which the airport resumed normal operations. Police located the drone operator in less than an hour, who turned out to be conducting commercial filming for a construction company. No signs of intentional threat were found. The Airports Authority again warned of the danger of unauthorized drone flights near Ben Gurion. Information about possible sanctions against the operator is not yet available.