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BERLIN: Flights at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway, police said Wednesday.
Several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports after the sighting of the flying object near the airport shortly before midnight. Police said an anti-explosives robot was deployed to check the other object near the airport’s south runway. They didn’t elaborate.
Flights using the other runway resumed shortly before 2 a.m., but the south runway remained closed Wednesday morning, a police statement said.
Authorities were also investigating reports of an unidentified flying object potentially linked to the incident.
Several aircraft, including a passenger flight, were diverted overnight, but operations were back to normal in the morning, the spokesperson said.
German airports are on high alert after a series of unauthorized drone overflights at sites including military facilities, energy terminals, seaports and logistics companies.
Germany’s federal police have warned that the overflights could have been organised by Russian agents.
Russia has denied any involvement in the incidents.
