A suspect package containing a detonator, batteries and a ticking clock was found on a suitcase checked onto a Munich-bound plane, German police have said.
The bag was detected before it could be loaded on the flight from Namibia.
The flight was delayed for several hours but landed safely at Munich on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, Germany increased security amid intelligence pointing to a planned terror attack in the country.
It is not known if the latest discovery was part of this attack, says the BBC’s Stephen Evans in Berlin.
The German Federal Crime Office (BKA) is sending experts to the Namibian capital, Windhoek, to examine the package.
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