Sweden’s Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that security guards had seen the suspected drone.
A spokesperson said the airport adapted takeoffs and landings in response, but that air traffic on the whole wasn’t affected.
Several drones were spotted near Arlanda in the early hours of Monday, followed by at least another one on Tuesday night.
Both incidents are being investigated as airport sabotage and violation of Sweden’s laws on protected objects. No arrests have yet been made.
Hans Liwång, an expert at Sweden’s Defence University, told Aftonbladet that based on the nature of the incidents, it looked like the first one was coordinated and the second one may have been by a copycat.
On Saturday, a Russian drone crashed in Lithuania.
Amphibious corps from Sweden and the US are currently taking part in the Archipelago Endeavour 24 exercise in the Stockholm archipelago, although according to Liwång it seems “far-fetched” that the drone incidents would be connected to that.
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