Scary moments go in the middle of the trip shaft: A motorist tries in Hanover, on Vegabet the apron. The important hub in Northern Germany, nothing can be done for hours. The perpetrator was apparently on drugs.

Update vom 29. December, 21.23 PM:

In the case of the arrested motorist is a man in his mid-20. More information it was initially, because the man had no ID. The man had broken through to the first findings of a gate to the apron. There he tried, therefore, a country to follow the plane of the Greek Airline Aegean. He had been stopped by a patrol car and taken into custody. The Aegean-Jet remained undamaged.

airport stopped flights to and from 15.30 to 20: 06. Were affected in 9 Starts and 13 country, such as the airport announced on the night. “Such an incident has not occurred in the entire history of the airport,” said the managing Director of the Airport, Raoul Hille.

Update vom 29. December, 20.20 PM:

After the incident at Hanover airport is the air traffic against 20 clock. The Federal police and the airport announced on Saturday evening.

Update vom 29. December, 19.47 PM:

Hannover airport, the Check-in again. The airport announced at 19: 00. The flight operations remained set according to the Federal police. Since around 16.00 there were no take-offs and landings. Until the flight will resume operations, it may take a bit longer. There are, according to the Federal police no evidence of a terrorist Background of the incident.

The motive is unclear, said a spokesman for the Federal police on Saturday evening. A man had broken in the afternoon, with a car, a gate, and was reached by vehicle on the apron. There, he has tried, according to first findings, a country to follow the plane. He was then transferred from the patrol car stopped, reported the Federal police. The officials believe that the man is a single offender. The driver had been according to the drug test under the influence of cocaine and amphetamines. From the set flight of at least 13 take-offs and 21 landings are currently affected.

Update vom 29. December, 19: 42:

The motorist, arriving on Saturday afternoon with a car on the run-up to the Hanover airport, according to authorities information on drugs. A spokesman for the Federal police said on early Saturday evening, the German press Agency. The drug test was positive for amphetamines and cocaine. The man was mid 20’s. More details of the speaker could not make it, because the drivers had no ID. Also on the nationality of the husband, the Federal police so it could not provide information. The car had a Polish registration plate. It was not, however, exclude the possibility that the man was not a Pole.

Update vom 29. December, 19.13 PM:

safety areas at Hannover airport have been cleared after an incident in which a motorist on the ramp is reached. This has informed the police of Hanover early Saturday evening on Twitter.

aircraft operation and handling had been stopped immediately after the incident, at about 16.00 PM and were too early in the evening, not back in operation, as a spokesman for the Federal police said. When it should give back take-offs and landings, he could not say.

Update vom 29. December, 18.30 hrs:

Hanover – the Hanover airport on Saturday afternoon, a car on the apron, is not excluded according to the authorities that the offender may have been confused. A spokesman for the Federal police, the German press Agency said. “Definitely, I can say nothing but.”

Whether the driver of the car was confused with the Polish flag, under the influence of drugs, a stroke, wanted to commit or for any other reason on the run-up is driven according to the Federal police in the afternoon still being investigated. Previously, the NDR had reported about the incident. The man was driven on Saturday afternoon, shortly before 16.00 o’clock with his car through a gate on the apron and was then asked. Since then, the air traffic is set for the time being, there is no take-offs and landings.

planes in the air to be redirected

aircraft were in the air, would be diverted, said the spokesman of the Federal police. A part of the terminal A had been locked for security reasons, because it will have front glass, pointing in the direction of the stationary cars. The Rest of the Terminals, and the other two Terminals remained open. A bomb disposal service examined in the afternoon the car, which was a routine measure.

The Hannover-Langenhagen airport is a major international hub. He offers both domestic as well as international flight connections. The Hanover-based airline Tuifly flies from here a lot of goals. Three closely spaced Terminals – A, B and C – there are. In the past year, the airport had 5,87 million passengers in the previous year, there were 5.4 million. The airport site covers 1000 hectares.

29. December, 18.05 PM: a Delicate incident in Hannover

A man in a car with Polish license plates tried to pass through a passage point on the apron of the airport, said a spokesman for the Federal police on request. Previously, the NDR had reported about the incident.

it is Still unclear whether it is a stroke

the driver of The car had been taken into custody. The airport is currently closed, there is no take-offs and landings, the Terminals were opened, said a spokesman for the airport. How long this should take, was, therefore, initially unclear. Whether it is a stroke or an accident, was investigated according to the Federal police in the afternoon.

The police of Hanover reported via Twitter. In the short message, it means that the man had broken with the car, a gate, and then drove on the apron.

dpa