[1/5]Police secure the area after a man with a child in his car drove through a barrier onto the grounds of the city airport in Hamburg, Germany, November 5, 2023. Portal/Fabian Bimmer acquires license rights
FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Portal) – Hamburg airport remained closed on Sunday, authorities said, as police dealt with a hostage situation that they say is likely related to a custody dispute.
The airport was closed to all take-offs and landings on Saturday evening after police arrived in large numbers to deal with a man who drove through a barrier onto the airport grounds with a child.
The car with the 35-year-old man and the 4-year-old girl was parked under a plane, a police spokesman said.
“The operation continues. Our negotiators are in contact with the person in the car,” police posted on the social media platform X on Sunday.
Police communicated in Turkish through a translator, a spokesman said.
Police said the child’s mother told them the father had been in contact with her.
Police would not confirm their earlier statements that the man was armed and had fired shots.
The Hamburg airport authority announced that 286 flights with around 34,500 passengers were planned for Sunday.
Reporting by Joern Poltz, Tom Sims and Tanya Wood. Editing by Daniel Wallis, William Mallard and David Evans
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