Germany: Leipzig airport drone attack sets off alarm bells

German authorities have begun a counterterrorism ⁠investigation into a drone laden with explosives found near a Ukrainian transport plane at Leipzig Airport. It is seen as a "hybrid attack scenario."

Germany steps up security after suspected hybrid attack at Leipzig Airport  euractiv.com

In Germany, a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered and defused on the tarmac at Leipzig Airport. A second flying object then struck a cargo plane, causing minor damage. Air traffic was suspended for two hours. A Russian connection is being suggested. The interior minister describes a new dimension of threa

An airport employee spotted the object carrying what authorities described as 'an unknown explosive device'.

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