German police examine suspicious object at Leipzig airport

German police are investigating a suspicious object found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Wednesday after an overnight security incident that temporarily disrupted operations.

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

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

Several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports after the sighting of the flying object near the airport shortly before midnight.

Planes were diverted and departures delayed on Tuesday night after reports of a drone sighting at Germany's Leipzig/Halle airport.

Police say flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway

Police say flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway

Flights at German airport disrupted after suspect objects sighted  AP News