At about 7:20 p.m. Sunday evening, a drone was spotted hovering over the Terminal 3 building at Ben Gurion International Airport. The incident took place shortly after Vice President Mike Pence disembarked from Air Force Two. As a result, air traffic was halted for ten minutes as standard procedure for identifying objects above the airfield. Departures and landings resumed after suspicion of a safety or security incident was ruled out. The Airports Authority views the use of drones in the airport area as a serious offense, and emphasizes that it is strictly forbidden to fly in the airport area. Following the incident this evening, a complaint was sent to the Israel Police and an operational debriefing was held. This is not the first time drones have penetrated Israeli airport airspace. Just last month , an unmanned, remote-controlled aircraft penetrated the airspace over Ben Gurion Airport just after midnight, forcing a temporary shutdown of the airport to both departing and arriving flights
