The Interior Committee of the Saxon State Parliament will hold a special session this Wednesday to address the drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The session was requested by the AfD parliamentary group and will take place behind closed doors. The state parliament administration announced the date on Monday.
“The drone defense system in Leipzig did not work,” said AfD interior policy spokesperson Sebastian Wippel, explaining his party’s request. The goal is to quickly address all shortcomings in drone defense and clarify who is responsible for them, added his fellow caucus member Carsten Hütter.
At Leipzig/Halle Airport, a drone loaded with explosives was discovered on the southern runway during the night of August 5. According to security sources, it was located near a Ukrainian transport aircraft. Specialists from the Federal Police defused the explosive device.
A second, unidentified flying object is believed to have collided with a cargo plane that had taken off again due to the runway’s earlier closure. It was reported that minor damage was found on the aircraft after it landed in Hanover.
