Air site visitors at Hamburg airport remained suspended Sunday over a suspected hostage scenario on the tarmac involving a baby, native authorities stated.
A gunman rammed his automobile via the safety space onto the apron the place planes are parked on Saturday night, firing two pictures within the air and flinging two burning bottles out of the car, police stated.
On Sunday morning the airport administration posted on X, previously Twitter, that efforts to barter with the motive force of the car have been nonetheless ongoing.
“The police operation continues, air traffic remains suspended until further notice,” posted the administration of the northern German airport.
Police spokeswoman Sandra Levgrun instructed the regional channel of public tv NDR that it’s believed a father and his youngster are within the automobile.
Authorities have stated a “custody dispute” is believed to be the reason for the incident, with the spouse of the motive force inserting an emergency name alerting police to the kidnapping of her youngster.
The day by day Bild newspaper reported that the motive force is 35 12 months previous Turkish German, and that the kid is a lady aged 4.
The driver has barricaded himself in his automobile on the foot of a Turkish Airlines aircraft.
“We are on site with a large contingent of emergency services. We are currently assuming a static hostage situation,” Hamburg police had posted earlier on X.
Levgrun instructed NDR that police psychologists had been mobilized to attempt to negotiate an answer with the motive force.
She referred to as it a “very good sign” that he had remained involved with the authorities over a protracted time period.
On Saturday night, 17 flights scheduled to land in Hamburg have been diverted. Another 286 flight are scheduled for Sunday, carrying some 34,500 passengers.
Source: www.dailysabah.com