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'Modified drone' found next to Ukrainian transport plane at German airport
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The Kyiv Independent
Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were suspended overnight on Aug. 5 after a "modified drone" was sighted and later found next to a Ukrainian Antonov Airlines An-124 transport aircraft, and a second "unidentified flying object" collided with an incoming DHL cargo plane.
The "modified drone" contained an "unknown substance" and a "detonator," according to police sources speaking to German media outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung.
"The incidents at Leipzig Airport constitute a very serious security incident," Saxon State Interior Minister Armin Schuster said in a statement.
Leipzig/Halle Airport has served as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines since shortly after the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion.
According to the German outlet Bild, four Ukrainian cargo aircraft were present during the suspected attack.