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A new kind of terrorist attack targeted an airplane — and could wreak travel nightmares

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A German airport that serves as a logistics hub was seemingly targeted as part of a plot carried out by enemies of the West. How they did it is a wake-up call about the vulnerability of air travel worldwide. 'All of this does not point to an amateurish approach.' Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany almost became the site of disaster, but whether it was luck or poor execution, a mass causality event was barely avoided. The airport is used by German military and its NATO allies for military transport, the BBC reported , but at the same time, it serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines. Ukrainian aerial cargo was the apparent target when a drone was spotted carrying an explosive device near the Antonov planes. The drone was fitted with military-grade explosives including Semtex and Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Fortunately, the detonator on the drone apparently malfunctioned, rendering the explosives useless, the Financial Times said , per German police. A bomb-defusing

First report: Germany news: Drone incidents prompt security research boost — dw.com, 2d