The Hamburg Airport in Germany canceled all flights on Saturday night time because the authorities responded to an armed man who drove his automobile onto the tarmac and parked close to a airplane.
The person fired at the very least one shot into the air, Sandra Levgrün, a spokeswoman for the Hamburg Police Division, mentioned in an interview posted on social media.
No accidents have been reported up to now, Ms. Levgrün mentioned.
The police mentioned they had been attempting to contact the driving force of the automobile, who they mentioned was accompanied by a baby passenger, including that they believed the state of affairs involved a “custody dispute.”
Two small fires had been noticed on the tarmac early on, however the authorities had been nonetheless attempting to find out in the event that they had been set by the person.
A police spokesman, Thilo Marxsen, mentioned officers on the bottom had been searching for a Turkish translator to speak with the person because the standoff stretched previous midnight in Hamburg.
Passengers aboard the airplane close to the automobile had been evacuated, the police mentioned, and passengers aboard different planes on the tarmac had been nonetheless being evacuated.
Video posted on social media confirmed closely armed officers escorting a bunch of passengers throughout the tarmac to a bus.
They had been being evacuated to a close-by resort, the police mentioned.
A spokeswoman for the airport, Katja Bromm, mentioned in an e-mail that the police responded to the airport at 8:24 p.m. native time, prompting it to halt takeoffs and landings.
Twenty-seven flights have since been canceled, she added, affecting roughly 3,200 passengers.