An unidentified object was found near the south runway at Leipzig-Halle airport on Tuesday night, prompting runway closure, deployment of a bomb disposal robot, and diversion of multiple cargo flights plus one passenger aircraft. A DHL cargo plane separately struck an unknown object mid-air six kilometers from the airport and landed safely in Hanover with minor damage. Operations resumed by morning, while Bild reported the ground object was a drone with a defective detonator near a Ukrainian Antonov aircraft.