{"id":14953,"date":"2026-08-07T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:01:01","slug":"explosive-drone-found-hovering-near-ukrainian-cargo-aircraft-at-german-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14953","title":{"rendered":"Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong><br \/>\n                    Jeremy Hsu<br \/>\n                <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 6, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>German police disarmed a drone carrying explosives after it was discovered near Ukrainian cargo aircraft parked at Leipzig airport\u2014and authorities are looking into the possibility of a second drone after an approaching aircraft collided with something midair.<\/p>\n<p>The drone was first spotted by an airport employee hovering close to the ground between two parked An-124 cargo aircraft owned by Ukraine\u2019s Antonov Airlines shortly before midnight on August 4, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/06\/leipzig-drone-bomb-found-near-ukrainian-plane-carrying-ammunition\">The Guardian<\/a>. It had apparently been modified to help avoid detection by the airport\u2019s drone defense sensors, said Alexander Dobrindt, federal minister of the interior for Germany, during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Dobrindt described the drone as carrying a fist-sized package of a substance believed to be the plastic explosive Semtex. Only a failed detonator prevented the drone from exploding near the Ukrainian cargo aircraft, he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/germany-disarms-explosive-drone-found-at-airport-hunts-possible-second-drone\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/germany-disarms-explosive-drone-found-at-airport-hunts-possible-second-drone\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/germany-disarms-explosive-drone-found-at-airport-hunts-possible-second-drone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Hsu &bull; August 6, 2026 German police disarmed a drone carrying explosives after it was discovered near Ukrainian cargo aircraft parked at Leipzig airport\u2014and authorities are looking into the possibility of a second drone after an approaching aircraft collided with something midair. The drone was first spotted by an airport employee hovering close to<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14953\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}