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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt and Alex Croft

Nuremberg Airport: Airline explains why fighter jets were scrambled to escort passenger plane

Aviation Nuremberg
  • Flight operations at Nuremberg Airport were suspended after a Corendon Airlines flight travelling from Corfu transmitted an international 7500 squawk code signalling a potential hijacking.
  • German Eurofighter jets were scrambled to escort the aircraft after air traffic control lost radio contact with the cockpit between 8.15am and 8.28am UTC.
  • Corendon Airlines confirmed that the hijacking signal was transmitted in error due to a radio system malfunction, reassuring the public that passengers were never in danger.
  • The false alarm followed a temporary halt on takeoffs and landings at the airport overnight after three pilots reported seeing a suspected drone.
  • The heightened security alert comes two months after German authorities defused a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig Airport, an incident attributed to Russian hybrid attacks.

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