Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius Airport late on Tuesday due to the presence of dozens of smugglers’ balloons in its airspace, the country’s National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) said in a statement.
“Operations have been disrupted due to weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus,” the NCMC added, urging passengers to follow official airport information.
So far, eight incoming flights have been redirected, including to Lithuania’s Kaunas Airport and to Warsaw, according to the Vilnius Airport operator.
This is not the first incident of its kind. Vilnius Airport also shut down on October 5 due to a similar situation involving helium balloons carrying contraband cigarettes from neighboring Belarus.
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