Hamburg Airport hostage drama ends after 18 hours
A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police.
The man, 35, drove through a security barrier and on to the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plane.
He eventually gave himself up to the authorities “without resistance”, according to police, and was arrested.
“The child appears to be unharmed,” they wrote on X (formerly Twitter).