Nuuk Airport unexpectedly suspended international flights earlier this week when security staff failed to meet regulatory training standards. That issue has now been resolved and United Airlines will resume its Newark–Nuuk service on August 30, restoring the only direct link between Greenland and North America.
The disruption was swift but short-lived. By August 28, certified security screeners flew in from Denmark and international screening was restored at Nuuk. Airport officials confirmed that the training gaps had been addressed.
It is not clear exactly what the nature of the secrecy screening deficiencies were, but it is thought that passengers were inadvertently allowed into Greenland, a semi-autonomous realm of the Kingdom of Denmark, without having to go through passport control. Earlier in the month, a United flight from Nuuk to Newark was delayed for three hours because airport security screeners had gone reindeer hunting and did not bother to show up to work.
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