Overview
- Airport staff found a drone carrying an explosive device on the secured cargo apron overnight, and bomb-disposal teams removed the detonator and secured the object.
- Runways were temporarily closed and several flights were diverted after the sighting, though authorities said there was no danger to passengers and operations largely resumed by morning.
- A cargo aircraft that aborted its landing later struck an unidentified flying object and diverted to Hannover, where inspectors found minor nose damage and no injuries.
- Saxony prosecutors, the state criminal police and Federal Police IED specialists have opened a high-level state-security probe and are searching for the drone operator.
- Reporting contains conflicting technical claims and limited outside confirmation of NATO involvement, and officials stress attribution is unproven even as the episode echoes earlier suspected sabotage targeting the airport's DHL and Ukrainian Antonov operations.