India, Oct. 5 -- Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius airport over a possible hot air balloon in its airspace, local media reported in the late hours of Saturday (local time).

Air traffic tracker Flightradar24 said in a post on X that at least eight diversions were reported.

In another post, Flightradar24 said, "Vilnius Airport has now issued a NOTAM closing the airfield until 2330 UTC (about 90 minutes from now). Additional inbound flights diverting".

"AERODROME CLOSED DUE TO METEO BALLOONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD," Flightradar24's post on X read.

Public broadcaster LRT said the flight diversions were confirmed to it by the Lithuanian Airports (LTOU). LRT, citing a representative of LTOU, reported that flights were be...