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Plane aborts landing at Warsaw airport due to drone
A flight from Prague to Warsaw was forced to abandon its landing approach after a drone appeared in its path. The aircraft later landed safely, and airport operations continued as normal.
A Prague-to-Warsaw flight aborted its landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport on 13 November after a drone was spotted in the aircraft’s approach path. The plane was descending toward the airport when the UAV appeared in the approach corridor, prompting the captain to halt the descent and climb back to a safer altitude. According to Українська правда, the decision to abort the landing was made immediately once the drone was observed, and the crew then held over Warsaw for a period before attempting another approach.
The same Ukrainian outlet notes that the captain informed passengers that the landing was aborted due to the drone and that the flight subsequently proceeded to hold before making another approach. A later approach resulted in a successful landing, with Warsaw airport confirming the incident and asserting that flight safety was not compromised and that operations continued normally after the event.
Eurasia Review contributed the broader framing that the drone incident occurred during the aircraft’s low-altitude approach and that the subsequent landing was completed without reported disruption to overall airport operations. The outlet also frames the Warsaw event as part of a larger discussion about aviation-safety technologies and drone interactions with airport environments, though it does not add details about injuries, aircraft type beyond what Українська правда reported, or the precise sequence beyond confirming the successful landing.
New York Post’s coverage in this compilation centers on the Warsaw incident as a confirmed abort-and-land event tied to a drone in the approach path, with no stated injuries or aircraft type in the supplied material. The narrative presented by the New York Post aligns with the core sequence: drone sighting during approach, immediate decision to abort, hold over the city, and a subsequent successful landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport.
CBC’s material in the same set reinforces the core details from the Warsaw event, but does not expand on aircraft type, exact flight number, or casualty details. It confirms that the drone was detected in the approach path and that the aircraft aborted its landing, with the flight subsequently continuing to a successful landing. The report emphasizes that Warsaw airport maintained normal operations following the incident, without indicating any injuries or fatalities.
The collection of sources does not add further corroborating information about who operated the drone or the measuring equipment used to detect it, nor does it specify the airline or aircraft registration beyond what was reported by Українська правда. The sources consistently describe the event as an abortive landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport due to a drone in the approach corridor, followed by a subsequent successful landing and normal airport operations, with no injuries or casualties reported in the material.