This had prompted the cancellation of 17 flights, disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers at the airport in the southern German state of Bavaria.

Another 15 arriving flights were diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt, the airport said in a statement.

German police said the airport’s runways were closed late in the evening as a precaution.

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Munich airport reopened later on Friday after the disruption.

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