A plane collided with an unidentified object mid-air near Germany‘s Leipzig airport, where police separately found a drone on the ground, but the aircraft later landed safely, an interior ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
“The plane was meant to land in Leipzig but then had to abort the landing,” the spokesman told a press conference. “It then collided with an object,” he said, adding that it later safely landed in Hanover.
Earlier, German police said that a “security related” incident involving an unidentified object found at an airport forced the diversion of flights and the deployment of a bomb disposal robot overnight.
Police said in a brief statement Wednesday morning that “shortly before midnight, an unidentified flying object was sighted near Leipzig-Halle Airport, prompting the diversion of several aircraft — including a passenger plane — to other airports”.
“In addition, an object was detected near the southern runway, which was initially examined by the Federal Police, a process that involved the deployment of an explosives disposal robot,” police said.
Regular traffic at the airport resumed in the early hours of Wednesday but only on the north runway, while investigators looked for clues on the southern runway. (AFP)
