One of the runways at Malta International Airport was temporarily closed down on Saturday afternoon after a pilot noticed a drone being flown in its vicinity.

According to the police, air traffic controllers decided to close the runway when the drone was spotted around 12.25pm.

Police and Armed Forces of Malta officials were seen in the area trying to identify the person operating the drone. An AFM helicopter was also deployed to the scene but there was no sight of the drone.  

Services were resumed shortly afterwards and no flights were delayed or cancelled because of the incident.

Thousands of travellers were stranded over Christmas at Gatwick airport after a drone was sighted, causing chaos to one of the world's largest airports. 

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