Leipzig airport suspends flights over suspicious object

DPAWed, August 5, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC1 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.

Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany suspended flights overnight after an unidentified flying object was spotted and a suspicious item was found, police said on Wednesday.

Several aircraft, including a passenger plane, were diverted during what police described as a "security-related incident."

The northern section of the airport resumed operations early in the morning, while the southern runway remained closed as investigations continued.

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The suspicious item was found near the southern runway and examined by police, who deployed a bomb disposal robot.

Police were investigating whether the unidentified object and the suspicious item were connected.

There was no immediate danger, a police spokesman said.