Drone alert near Ukrainian cargo plane grounds flights at German airport

German authorities locked down Leipzig-Halle Airport after discovering a drone on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane. According to France 24, a cargo aircraft struck an unidentified object mid-air while aborting its landing but landed safely. The incident prompted a major security operation, including the deployment of bomb disposal robots, and forced flights to divert.

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