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Explosive drone disarmed near Ukrainian cargo planes at Leipzig airport

8/7/2026

A drone carrying what German authorities believe was the plastic explosive Semtex was found hovering between two parked cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport shortly before midnight on August 4.

Plastic explosive is a detonator-triggered material: it requires a separate ignition device to set it off, and without that trigger it stays inert.

The detonator on this device failed, and German police disarmed the drone.

What the airport employee found An airport worker spotted the drone hovering close to the ground, positioned between two An-124 cargo aircraft belonging to Ukraine's Antonov Airlines.

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