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Technology and ScienceBy Geir Moulson8/5/20261 min read
Authorities say a drone with an explosive device has been found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport and a detonator has been removed from the object. Police and prosecutors said Wednesday that an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport’s south run…
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- A drone carrying an unknown explosive device was found near the south runway at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and was later defused after its detonator was removed, authorities said Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
- The incident began shortly before midnight Tuesday when a flying object was sighted near the major freight hub, prompting both runways to be closed and the diversion of several flights, including one passenger plane, to other airports.
- An airport employee discovered the drone, after which an anti-explosives robot and police forensic technicians were deployed to examine the object, working near a Ukrainian aircraft at the site in Schkeuditz.
- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the presence of explosives on the drone as a "new quality of danger," signaling heightened official concern about the nature of the threat.
- Leipzig/Halle Airport serves as a significant cargo center, making the overnight suspension of flight operations notable for freight and passenger traffic in the region.
BERLIN (AP) A drone with an explosive device was found at Germanys Leipzig/Halle Airport and a detonator was removed from the object, authorities said Wednesday.
Both the airports runways were close