{"id":40239,"date":"2025-12-06T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/vilnius-airport-suspends-operations-again-due-to-threat-from-belarus\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:02:09","slug":"vilnius-airport-suspends-operations-again-due-to-threat-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/vilnius-airport-suspends-operations-again-due-to-threat-from-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius Airport suspends operations again due to threat from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vilnius Airport has suspended operations due to the launch of weather balloons from Belarus. Restrictions will be in effect from 18:06 to 21:05 local time; passengers are advised to contact their airlines.<\/p>\n

\"Vilnius<\/p>\n

Vilnius Airport announced on Saturday evening that it was suspending operations due to signs of weather balloons being launched from Belarusian territory. This was stated in the airport's Facebook post, writes UNN.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

Vilnius Airport reported that the airspace over the city was closed "due to a hybrid attack by Belarus against Lithuania, civil aviation and society, the detection of navigation marks characteristic of balloons in areas dangerous for aviation."<\/p>\n

The restrictions will last from 6:06 PM to 9:05 PM local time, the statement said.<\/p>\n

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Passengers whose flights have been affected by restrictions or canceled can contact their airlines directly for more detailed information<\/p>\n

– the message says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Recall<\/h2>\n

On November 23-24, Vilnius Airport twice introduced temporary airspace restrictions due to the appearance of navigation markers similar to aerostat signals. This caused interruptions in the airport's operations and possible flight delays.<\/p>\n

Lithuanian government considers introducing state of emergency due to balloons05.12.25, 12:54 \u2022 2688 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vilnius Airport has suspended operations due to the launch of weather balloons from Belarus. Restrictions will be in effect from 18:06 to 21:05 local time; passengers are advised to contact their airlines. Vilnius Airport announced on Saturday evening that it was suspending operations due to signs of weather balloons being launched from Belarusian territory. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}