Explosive drone forces shutdown at major German airport serving NATO, Ukraine flights

An explosive-armed drone was found near a Ukrainian plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport, prompting Germany's interior minister to warn of a hybrid attack.

A second drone may have collided with a plane in the air over the airport, damaging the aircraft slightly, the authorities say.

An explosive drone with a detonator has been found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, where Ukrainian aircraft were present. Authorities discovered the drone near the south runway early Wednesday morning. The incident caused several flights, including one passenger airplane, to be diverted to other airports in the reg

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GERMANY-SECURITY-AIRPORT:Explosive drone at German airport raises new danger, minister says

The airport is a major cargo hub and the planes located there include Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft.

Semtex-laden drone, found just meters from a Ukrainian aircraft, failed to detonate.

Germany investigating a series of apparently related incidents at Leipzig airport, including an armed explosive drone and a mid-air collision.

Incident appears to mark an escalation after two years of drone incursions at European airports

A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport after reports of a flying object closed both runways.

A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport, police say.

A cargo plane struck an unidentified flying object midair and a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Germany's Leipzig airport.

A German airport was disrupted for hours after an explosive-laden drone was discovered near one of the runways. Investigators are examining a possible political motive. DW has the latest.

Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight as authorities investigated

A drone found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at a German airport overnight was fitted with an “explosive device”, police and prosecutors said Wednesday.

Authorities say a drone with an explosive device has been found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport and a detonator has been removed from the object

The drone was found in the cargo area near a Ukrainian aircraft before another suspected object collided with a cargo aircraft in mid-air.

Drone with an explosive device found at a German airport and detonator removed  AP News

Both the airport’s runways were closed and several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports.

German police raised the alarm at an airport overnight after an explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane and another aircraft collided with an unknown flying object mid-air nearby before landing safely.

Leipzig airport targeted again as explosive drone triggers alarm  euractiv.com

Drone carrying explosive device causes disruption at major German airport  CNN

German police said Wednesday that a “security related” incident involving an unidentified object found at an airport forced the diversion of flights and the deployment of a bomb disposal robot overnight. The Bild newspaper said the object found at Leipzig-Halle airport was a drone with a detonator and possibly explosiv

An object was found near the south runway and a bomb disposal robot was sent to the site.

Flights at German airport disrupted after suspect objects sighted  Toronto Star