Drones Disrupt Flights at Major German Airport
Flights were disrupted at Leipzig/Halle airport, one of Europe’s biggest cargo hubs, after reports of drones and suspicious objects near the runway, German authorities said. Operations were briefly halted as police investigated. It was the latest in a series of drone scares to unsettle European airports.
A wave of drone sightings has plagued airports across Europe in recent months, forcing closures and stoking fears of sabotage or espionage against a backdrop of heightened tension with Russia. Investigators have often struggled to identify those responsible, and the incidents have exposed how vulnerable critical infrastructure remains to cheap, hard-to-trace aircraft. Leipzig/Halle handles vast volumes of freight, so even brief disruption ripples through supply chains. Authorities gave no immediate indication of who was behind the latest scare. Watch whether the culprits are found and how airports tighten their defences.