Following the discovery of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport, air traffic on the northern runway remains suspended. At one point, about 20 police vehicles were stationed in the immediate vicinity of the “north runway,” as observed by a reporter from the German Press Agency. The vehicles then drove back to an area on the outskirts of the airport, where they had already been waiting since this morning.
Air traffic is operating via the “south runway”
According to observations, aircraft have been taking off and landing since this morning on the so-called south runway, which was still closed yesterday. That is where the drone carrying the explosive device was discovered on Tuesday night. According to security sources, it was located near a Ukrainian Antonov AN-124 Condor transport aircraft. Specialists from the Federal Police defused the explosive device.
A suspected second unidentified flying object reportedly collided with a cargo plane after the aircraft had taken off again following the earlier closure of the runway. Slight damage was reportedly found on the aircraft after it landed in Hanover. According to the State Criminal Police Office, the search for this second object was to continue today.
