"Standoff at Hamburg Airport: Hostage Situation Unfolds as Flights Halted"

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"Standoff at Hamburg Airport: Hostage Situation Unfolds as Flights Halted"
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Hamburg airport remains closed as police deal with a hostage situation, likely involving a custody dispute. A man drove through a barrier onto the airport grounds with a child in his car and parked under a plane. Negotiators are in contact with the person in the car, and police are communicating through a translator in Turkish. The airport had 286 flights scheduled for Sunday, affecting around 34,500 passengers.

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