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Up to 25 hot-air balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes force hours-long closure of Vilnius Airport

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and prompted an hours-long shutdown of Vilnius Airport with flights suspended while authorities investigated. The incident comes amid heightened vigilance after recent drone-related disruptions across Europe.

2025-10-04T16:44:41.487568-07:00

Reuters

Multiple drone sightings force overnight closure of Munich Airport; dozens of flights grounded and ~3,000 passengers stranded

2025-10-02T18:13:55.693135-07:00

Aviation Source

Two Delta CRJ‑900s collide on LaGuardia taxiway; one cockpit badly damaged, one injured

2025-10-01T21:13:44.214865-07:00

Reuters

ICAO Assembly condemns Russia for GNSS jamming

2025-10-03T09:12:27.758072-07:00

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Reuters

Mass Russian missile and drone barrage strikes Ukraine; Lviv hit 70 km from Poland as Warsaw scrambles jets Russia launched a large overnight missile and drone assault across multiple Ukrainian regions, killing at least five and damaging civilian infrastructure including energy facilities. Lviv — about 70 km from the Polish border — was struck, prompting Poland to scramble fighter jets and NATO to deploy aircraft to secure airspace.

2025-10-04T19:40:17.050270-07:00

Mass Russian missile and drone barrage strikes Ukraine; Lviv hit 70 km from Poland as Warsaw scrambles jets

Reuters

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Up to 25 hot-air balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes force hours-long closure of Vilnius Airport Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and prompted an hours-long shutdown of Vilnius Airport with flights suspended while authorities investigated. The incident comes amid heightened vigilance after recent drone-related disruptions across Europe.

2025-10-04T16:44:41.487568-07:00

Up to 25 hot-air balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes force hours-long closure of Vilnius Airport

Associated Press

Unidentified drone incursions over EU and NATO airspace spark pan‑European security alert A wave of unidentified drone flights over EU and NATO airspace in recent weeks has alarmed officials and the public, prompting investigations, airport closures and military alerts. Authorities across member states are mounting coordinated air‑security responses amid heightened tensions with Russia.

2025-10-04T08:44:18.625659-07:00

Unidentified drone incursions over EU and NATO airspace spark pan‑European security alert

Economic Times

India's Nitin Gadkari urges ATC modernisation, proposes Nagpur as national air traffic control hub Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged a technology and regulatory overhaul of India’s aviation system to meet global standards, citing 22% sector growth and a rapid rise in airports. He pushed Air Traffic Control modernisation and proposed designating Nagpur as a central national ATC hub to coordinate reforms while safeguarding safety.

2025-10-04T08:38:29.564866-07:00

India's Nitin Gadkari urges ATC modernisation, proposes Nagpur as national air traffic control hub

Bloomberg

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France's SNCTA suspends Oct. 7–9 ATC strike after DGAC conciliation, averting mass cancellations France's main air traffic controllers' union SNCTA has suspended a planned strike for Oct. 7–9 after reaching an agreement with the Direction générale de l'aviation civile, averting cancellations and passenger disruption carriers warned could affect roughly 100,000 travelers across Europe.

2025-10-04T02:20:21.588573-07:00

France's SNCTA suspends Oct. 7–9 ATC strike after DGAC conciliation, averting mass cancellations

Reuters

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Drone sightings force Munich Airport to suspend operations for second night, stranding thousands Munich Airport suspended operations for a second consecutive night after multiple suspected drone sightings, canceling and diverting flights and leaving thousands of passengers stranded; the airport said it would gradually resume service from 0700 local time (0500 GMT) as authorities investigate.

2025-10-03T21:00:21.187197-07:00

Drone sightings force Munich Airport to suspend operations for second night, stranding thousands

thewatch-journal.com

NORAD tracks multiple Russian military flights in Alaskan ADIZ over five weeks NORAD detected and tracked multiple Russian military flights transiting the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone across five incidents in July–August 2025, including two Tu-95 strategic bombers, two Su-35 fighters and four Il-20 signals‑intelligence aircraft. U.S. and Canadian air‑defense assets monitored the contacts without reported engagement.

2025-10-03T13:06:15.423253-07:00

NORAD tracks multiple Russian military flights in Alaskan ADIZ over five weeks

The War Zone

Venezuela says its air defenses intercepted five US F-35B jets inside Maiquetía FIR, calls move a 'military provocation' Venezuelan defense officials reported their air defenses intercepted at least five U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighters operating inside the Maiquetía flight information region near the country's Caribbean coast, denouncing the action as an illegal incursion and a "military provocation."

2025-10-03T12:13:27.624472-07:00

Venezuela says its air defenses intercepted five US F-35B jets inside Maiquetía FIR, calls move a 'military provocation'

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