Bomb disposal robot deployed after drone carrying explosives found at German airport

Counter-terror team investigating after DHL plane also collided midair with unknown object at Leipzig airport

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German police deployed a bomb disposal robot after a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig airport, causing alarm and the diversion of several flights.

A DHL cargo plane that had been forced to abort its landing at the airport then collided with an unknown object. It later landed safely elsewhere.