Explosive drone found near Ukrainian plane at German airport

News - South China Morning Post · Aug 5, 2026

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 drone The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had been found on the tarmac. The airport in eastern Germany...