False hijack alert sends German fighter jets scrambling

A flight from Greece to Germany landed securely in Nuremberg on Tuesday after a cockpit hijack alert that the airline company credited to a breakdown triggered the German flying force to rush 2 fighter jets.

Corendon Airlines blamed a breakdown in the radio interaction system and stated that “no emergency situation occurred and that at no point were the passengers, flight crew or aircraft in any danger”

The occurrence on the Boeing 737-800, which had actually left from the Greek island of Corfu, required a quick suspension of operations at Nuremberg Airport, the airplane’s set up location, the airport stated. Flight operations later on went back to regular.

“From the cockpit, the code ‘7500’ (hijacking case) was transmitted, and furthermore, the pilot could no longer be reached by radio. For safety reasons, various alarm scrambles were then triggered,” German cops stated on X.

A German flying force representative stated that 2 Eurofighter jets rushed from Neuburg Air Base in southern Germany and accompanied the guest jet up until it landed.

Germany has 2 of those alarm teams, each with 2 fighter jets, to evaluate the scenario when interaction with civilian air teams is lost, which takes place about one or two times a month, according to the flying force’s site.

The alert comes less than a month after the co-pilot of a jet bound for Israel from Dubai assaulted the pilot with an emergency situation crash axe, with the United Arab Emirates’ district attorney basic calling the occurrence a “terrorist attack”

Corendon, a Turkey-based leisure airline company, stated the emergency situation code had actually been sent while the jet remained in Croatian airspace “due to a brief malfunction in the radio communication system”

“The situation was immediately monitored, investigations were promptly initiated and all necessary ⁠preparations were made. The aircraft landed safely at Nuremberg Airport,” it stated.