A DHL plane collided at 400 meters altitude with an unidentified object late last night in the skies above Leipzig. The aircraft then landed safely in Hannover, where damage was detected on the front part.
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“The plane was supposed to land in Leipzig, but then had to abort the landing maneuver,” said a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry at a press conference. “It then struck an object,” he added, specifying that it subsequently landed safely in Hannover.
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Explosive drone found at Leipzig airport near Ukrainian plane
A drone with a detonator was found next to a Ukrainian Antonov transport plane at Leipzig airport and was seized. This was reported by Dpa, quoting a NATO spokesperson. According to security personnel, the object contained explosive material, which however did not detonate. Leipzig is the main hub in Germany for the route to Ukraine.
It is unclear whether the events are related.
The hypothesis remains, for the incident involving the DHL plane, that it was a drone: the airport’s anti-drone defense had in fact detected two.
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