- 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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