A cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing after colliding with an object shortly after takeoff. Investigators in Germany are trying to determine whether the collision on Wednesday is connected to a drone found nearby at Leipzig-Halle airport the previous night. The DHL jet hit the unidentified object as it took off from the airport, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Hanover and causing several other flights to be rerouted. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Leipzig-Halle has become a key base for Kyiv’s Antonov Airlines fleet. On Tuesday night, a drone was also spotted near an Antonov transport plane, according to German News agency DPA.