2026-08-05T07:50:51Z BERLIN (AP) — 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. 获取更多RSS： https://feedx.net https://feedx.site
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Flights at German airport disrupted after suspect objects sighted
Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight due to the sighting of a flying object and the discovery of another object near a runway. The disruptions occurred shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
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Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight due to the sighting of a flying object and the discovery of another object near a runway. The disruptions occurred shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Several flights, including a passenger plane, were diverted to other airports following the initial sighting. Police deployed an anti-explosives robot to examine the object found near the south runway. While flights on the other runway resumed before 2 a.m., the south runway remained closed Wednesday morning. The airport is a major cargo hub.
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Flights using one runway resumed shortly before 2 a.m., but the south runway remained closed Wednesday morning.
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An anti-explosives robot was deployed to check an object found near the airport's south runway.
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Several flights, including one passenger plane, were diverted to other airports.
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Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were disrupted overnight due to sightings of flying objects.
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