German police raised the alarm at an airport overnight after an explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane and another aircraft collided with an unknown flying object nearby before landing safely. The airport in eastern Germany plays a key role in the transport of military goods by the German armed forces and NATO allies. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementVideo 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. We are dealing here with a professional hybrid threat scenario," he told journalists at the airport where police had earlier destroyed the drone. "Shortly before midnight, an unidentified flying object was sighted near Leipzig-Halle Airport, prompting the diversion of several aircraft -- including a passenger plane -- to other airports", they said.