Third Drone, Explosives Found Near Leipzig Airport: Reports
Investigators say about 50 grams of suspected hexogen was found with the drone, and security sources suspect Russian intelligence involvement.
- On Tuesday, authorities discovered a drone equipped with explosives at Germany's Leipzig and Halle Airport, prompting immediate security responses and runway closures at the major freight hub.
- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt traveled to the site after cutting short his vacation, characterizing the incident as a "new quality of danger" and describing it as a potential hybrid attack scenario.
- An anti-explosives robot rendered the device safe after police identified an unknown explosive mechanism. One freight plane was diverted to Hannover, approximately 200 kilometers northwest, where inspectors discovered minor damage potentially caused by a second flying object.
- NATO acknowledged awareness but deferred inquiries to regional authorities. The incident follows a prior incendiary device discovery at the airport's logistics center, which Western security officials previously attributed to Russian intelligence operations.
- Investigators continue searching for components of a possible second drone while assessing the device's origin and accountability. The north runway reopened after approximately two hours, though the south runway remained closed for scheduled maintenance.
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The investigators of the alleged attempted attack in early August at Leipzig German airport found, 10 days after discovering a first drone equipped with an explosive charge, another unmanned aerial vehicle near the airfield, as well as explosives, according to German media reported this Tuesday.Continue reading...
Another drone and explosives found near Leipzig airport - mediaInvestigators found another drone and about 50 grams of hexane near Leipzig airport.
German investigators have found a third drone near Leipzig/Halle Airport. On August 4, a drone loaded with explosives was discovered there, near a Ukrainian cargo plane. Later that day, there was an incident involving a second drone a few kilometers away. It collided with a DHL aircraft. The Ukrainian cargo plane, an Antonov, had been used to transport military equipment. The German government views the drone incident as an attempt to carry out…
German investigators found another drone and explosive residue near Leipzig airport, the third drone that could be linked to a failed attack.
Another drone with explosives on board was found in Germany. According to reporters from Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ndr and Wdr, a new flying object was found on August 14 in a field in the small village of Kabelsketal, Saxony-Anhalt. (ANSA)
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