Nuremberg Airport reopens after emergency signal prompts fighter jet escort
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Nuremberg Airport resumed normal operations Tuesday after an emergency signal from an arriving passenger aircraft prompted a temporary closure, a police response and a fighter jet escort.
The Corendon Airlines flight, arriving from the Greek island of Corfu, landed safely. Police cordoned off the airport while authorities investigated and later said checks had established there was no danger. Passengers were subsequently allowed to leave the aircraft.
According to joe.co.uk, citing local police, the plane transmitted the code “7500,” which indicates hijacking or unlawful interference. Germany’s air force told Sky News that fighter jets were scrambled to escort the aircraft. Deutsche Welle reported that Corendon Airlines believed the emergency signal had been transmitted because of a technical malfunction.
Earlier Tuesday, three pilots separately reported seeing an object that may have been a drone while taking off or landing at Nuremberg. Airport officials, border police and air traffic controllers searched for it with a police helicopter but did not find a drone. Authorities had not established whether that alert was connected to the later in-flight emergency.
Six flights were delayed during the disruption, while two arriving aircraft diverted to Cologne and Prague before continuing to Nuremberg, Deutsche Welle reported.
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