Oslo Airport was closed due to a UFO sighting | Medium

Gardermoen International Airport, located 48 km north of Oslo, is the main airport of the capital of Norway, the second most important airport in the Nordic countries, and the sixth in Europe.

In 2010, 19 million passengers passed through here. On Thursday, March 24, 2011, between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., the airport was closed due to an unidentified flying object. It was a major disturbance that shocked the officials.

The object was first seen by the crew members of a SAS plane, Boeing 737, on a flight from Frankfurt to Oslo. It was ideal weather, with good visibility; less than 60 kilometers from the airport, Captain Johan Kylborn saw an object in front blocking the landing. As he stated, “I’m sure it was some sort of aircraft. It had wings and I think it was a glider, a hang glider, or an ultralight plane, but it’s hard for me to say more”.

Air traffic control has confirmed that there is no plane in the area. No radio contact could be made with the alleged pilot of the object. Boeing had to change its flight plan, bypassing the northwest of Oslo, to land. Because the intruder was standing exactly in the way of the planes that were going to land, all these flights were either rerouted or canceled. Practically, the Oslo airport remained closed for 90 minutes.

Oslo airport spokesman Jo Kobro stated that the object stayed in the air for more than an hour. “After a while, several planes came to land and had to be redirected to Torp, Rygge (in the Oslo area), Kjevik and southern Norway, Fagernes, and one plane even landed in Stockholm.”

Knut Morten Johansen, spokesman for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), told the Norwegian public radio network (NRK) that the outage caused millions of dollars in damage. “As a result of the incident, between 60 and 90 departures and arrivals of planes were affected. Thursday afternoon is what we call the peak, that is, the busiest period during the week”. It was estimated that 10–15 thousand passengers were seriously affected. The effects also extended over the weekend, when, due to the delays, there were not enough rested pilots.