"Suspected drone sighting that closed Vilnius airport actually just birds, says crisis management centre
Lithuania said that a perceived drone sighting in its airspace today that saw Vilnius airport closed and prompted Nato to summon a fighter jet turned out to be a flock of birds.
The air alert was lifted and the airport reopened within 38 minutes, after the Nato jet made a visual identification, Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre said."
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