Explosive drone found near runways at Leipzig airport; detonator removed and investigation launched

German military base spots drones after explosive device found at Leipzig airport

German authorities have launched a counterterrorism investigation following the discovery of the drone amid mounting security concerns.

An explosive-laden drone was found just metres from a plane stocked with high-grade ammunition, leading German authorities to launch a counter-terrorism investigation. 

A drone with explosives was found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused, authorities said Wednesday, in an incident that the country's top security official said posed a 'new quality of danger.'

Authorities have defused a drone with explosives found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport

In Germany, a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered and defused on the tarmac at Leipzig Airport. A second flying object then struck a cargo plane, causing minor damage. Air traffic was suspended for two hours. A Russian connection is being suggested. The interior minister describes a new dimension of threat to Germany. Story by Morgan Ayre.

Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with "an unknown explosive device," and the object was examined by police

BERLIN — A drone with explosives was found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused, authorities said Wednesday, in an incident that the country's top security official said posed a “new quality of danger.” Both the runways at the major freight hub were closed and several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports after a flying object was sighted nearby shortly before midnight Tuesday. An anti-explosives robot was deployed to check an object near the south runway. Regional police and prosecutors later said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with “an unknown explosive device,” and the object was examined by police. They removed its detonator. That the drone was carrying explosives “is a new quality of danger,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters at the airport after interrupting his vacation to travel to the scene. “Drone sightings, drone threats including in a hybrid context, are something we know from the past,” he added. “That a drone armed with explosives i

Meanwhile, an apparent second flying object collided with a freight airplane after it aborted a landing because the runway was closed, police and prosecutors said

BERLIN, Germany — A drone with explosives was found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused, authorities said Wednesday, in an incident that the country’s top security official said posed a “new quality of danger.” Both the runways at the major freight hub were closed and several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports after a flying object was sighted nearby shortly before midnight Tuesday. An anti-explosives robot was deployed to check an object near the south runway. Regional police and prosecutors later said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport’s south runway with […]...Keep on reading: ‘New quality’ of threat: Drone with explosives found at German airport

Anti-extremism prosecutors and counterterrorism officers are heading up the investigation.

Germany investigating a series of apparently related incidents at Leipzig airport, including an armed explosive drone and a mid-air collision. The post Explosive-Armed Drone Intercepted at German Airport: Cargo Jet Struck In-Flight Moments Later appeared first on Breitbart.

Incident appears to mark an escalation after two years of drone incursions at European airports

A major security operation was launched at one of Germany’s busiest cargo airports on Wednesday August 5 after a drone […]

A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport after reports of a flying object closed both runways.

A German airport was disrupted for hours after an explosive-laden drone was discovered near one of the runways. Investigators are examining a possible political motive. DW has the latest.

Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight as authorities investigated

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Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight as authorities investigated