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Explosive Drone Found Near Cargo Plane at Germany's Leipzig Airport
Police deployed a bomb disposal robot and diverted several flights after an unidentified object was sighted, while investigators examined a suspicious device near the runway.
- On Wednesday, authorities discovered a drone carrying an explosive device near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig-Halle Airport, with police deploying a robot to remove the detonator from the tarmac.
- Leipzig-Halle Airport serves as a critical logistics hub for DHL and a transport base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines, heightening security concerns amid a series of unauthorized drone overflights at German airports.
- Separately, a DHL cargo aircraft collided with an unknown object mid-air while climbing away from the airport, sustaining minor nose damage before landing safely in Hanover approximately six kilometres away.
- Following the discovery, several aircraft including a passenger flight from Mallorca were diverted overnight, though regular operations resumed on the northern runway while the southern runway remained closed for investigation.
- German authorities are investigating potential links to a broader campaign of espionage and sabotage, which officials have suspected Russian agents of orchestrating; the Kremlin denies involvement and NATO is monitoring the situation.
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German police say it is possible that a Russian agent brought the device into the airport.
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