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.