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Germany's Munich air hub has halted operations for the second occasion in a single day, following further reported drone sightings.

In a communication on Friday night, the airport said that operations were stopped at 9:30 PM local (20:30 GMT), disrupting around six thousand five hundred travelers.

At least seventeen aircraft were also grounded in the city on Thursday night due to numerous drone reports in nearby airspace.

It represents the most recent in a string of occurrences featuring drones that have disrupted air travel in Europe in the past few weeks.

Continental Officials Probe UAV Sightings

Authorities in the Belgian region on that day were also investigating reports of multiple drones, which were observed above the military installation near the border with Germany.

Post-incident, the devices reportedly traveled from that nation to the neighboring country, where they were also seen by authorities in the minor town in Germany of that location.

Authorities have been unable to pinpoint where the drones originated or who piloted them.

Official Measures and Legislation

Germany's Home Affairs Minister the minister has announced he will raise the issue of drone defense systems at a weekend gathering of European home affairs officials, which was initially billed as a immigration meeting.

On Friday morning, the leader also vowed to accelerate planned laws enabling it more straightforward for the law enforcement to ask the military to shoot drones down.

European Union Authorities Confront Unmanned Issue

Latest incidents across the EU led to a conference in Copenhagen this week.

A number of European nations have endorsed proposals for a multi-layered "drone wall" to rapidly spot, then follow and destroy Russian UAVs.

Twenty suspected drones flew into Poland and foreign planes breached Baltic territory in separate latest events.

These air hubs were forced to close after unidentified drones were seen near airport and defense airspaces.

German Chancellor the figure remarked before the summit that violations were getting worse and that it was "logical to assume the UAVs are originating in that nation."

Russia has rejected any role, while Danish leaders report there was lack of proof Russia was implicated.

Talking at a conference in the destination of that area on the previous day, the figure Vladimir Putin laughed off suggestions he commanded UAVs to the Danish region.

"No repeat occurrences. Not again - neither to France or that country or the capital," the leader remarked.