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German airport diverts flights after security alert over unidentified object
['Agence France-Presse']
South China Morning Post
German police raised the alarm at an airport overnight after an explosive-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane and another aircraft collided with an unknown flying object nearby before landing safely.
All flights to Leipzig-Halle airport were diverted for several hours from around midnight as police deployed a bomb-disposal robot to remove the detonator from the explosive in the droneThe unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had been found on the tarmac.
The airport in eastern Germany plays a key role in the transport of military goods by the German armed forces and Nato allies.
Video footage from a local news agency showed the bomb disposal robot near an Antonov plane painted with the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag.
A police officer in protective clothing works at Leipzig-Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, on Wednesday.