00:00A suspected sabotage attempt targeted a Ukrainian cargo plane
00:05Antonov at Leipzig-Halle Airport in Germany, where a loaded drone was discovered
00:11of explosives and equipped with a detonator parked right next to the plane, according
00:16Bild newspaper reported.
00:18German media reported that the Antonov cargo plane was carrying munitions that,
00:24They had reportedly been transferred from France to Leipzig shortly before
00:29incident and that they were allegedly awaiting a subsequent shipment.
00:33According to a confidential police report cited by these media outlets, the staff of
00:38The airport detected a drone flying between two Antonov cargo planes approximately
00:44at 23.42 on Tuesday.
00:47The report indicates that the drone subsequently came into contact with an airport employee before
00:53He fell to the ground, where he was later secured by the police.
00:56The airport temporarily suspended operations while German bomb disposal experts...
01:02They used a specialized robot to remove the explosive device.
01:06Authorities are continuing their search for the drone operator.
01:10The report also indicates that the Leipzig-Halle airport's anti-drone sensor system
01:16apparently failed to detect the unmanned aircraft before it was spotted by
01:22airport staff. Approximately two hours later, another cargo plane
01:27that was flying at an altitude of about 400 meters near the same airport allegedly collided
01:33with an unidentified object, sustaining minor damage. The circumstances of this second
01:39The incident is still under investigation.
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