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The Danish authorities have identified three Russian-linked ships that potentially could have been used as launch platforms for drone overflights that closed down Copenhagen Airport on the night of September 22.<\/p>\n
Three large drones, which advertised their presence by switching lights on and off, overflew Copenhagen Airport, causing the airport to be shut down for nearly four hours. Oslo Airport in Norway was also closed for three hours at about the same time, after a single drone was spotted.<\/p>\n
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described the incident as being designed to cause chaos, and \u2018the most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date\u2019. She also identified similarities in the attack to others carried out against European airports, in a week when Russia also deliberately violated Estonian airspace and sent at least 17 drones into Poland. The Prime Minister said that Russian involvement could not as yet be ruled out.<\/p>\n
The Danish Prime Minister\u2019s comments were broadcast by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, the state broadcaster.<\/p>\n
The Danish Security & Intelligence Service PET and Copenhagen police described the overflights as \u2019professionally executed\u2019 and as ostentatiously provocative. On the basis of previous involvement in suspicious activity, and suspected presence in the area, investigations are focused on three vessels which could have been used either launch platforms or as decoys, including Astrol 1\u00a0<\/em>(IMO 9906544, top), a coastal freighter flagged in Russia; tanker\u00a0Pushpa <\/em>or Borocay <\/em>(IMO 9332810), identified by Ukraine as a “shadow fleet” tanker<\/a> with Russian ties; and\u00a0Oslo Carrier 3 <\/em>(IMO 9366146), reportedly a Russian-crewed freighter.<\/p>\n Tracklines of Boracay (red), Astrol 1 (orange) and Oslo Carrier 3 (green) at 1330 GMT Tuesday, the day after the raid\u00a0on the Copenhagen airport (yellow circle) (Pole Star Global<\/a> \/ Google \/ NASA)<\/em><\/p>\n Pushpa (file image courtesy VesselFinder \/ Gianlucca Balloni)<\/em><\/p>\n Oslo Carrier 3 (file image courtesy VesselFinder \/ Dieter Kropelin)<\/em><\/p>\n According to Equasis, Pushpa<\/em> has had three names in two years and\u00a0is falsely flagged in Malawi, a landlocked nation without a legitimate\u00a0open registry<\/a>. A fraudulent-flag designation automatically voids a vessel’s insurance cover, if any.\u00a0<\/p>\n Though the vessels were not directly adjacent to the airport at the time of the security breach, and Pushpa <\/em>did not pass through the Oresund at all,\u00a0Astrol 1 <\/em>showed unusual movements north of the area in the hours leading up to the incident.<\/p>\n @pmolpmol<\/a> lists three ships interesting as suspected drone carriers in last night attack on Copenhagen Airport.<\/p>\n In this thread, I will argue that Russian ship ASTROL 1 is an excellent fit. <\/p>\n Right time, right type, erratic track just before attack, highly suspicious background. pic.twitter.com\/5rrYSMLtwI<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maritime-executive.com\/media\/images\/article\/Copenhagen%2520airport%2520attack%25202025%2520Pole%2520Star%2520Global%2520Google%2520NASA.jpg?ssl=1\")
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