Overview
- Early on Tuesday three pilots independently reported an unknown object over Nürnberg Airport between about 02:00 and 04:00, prompting searches that found nothing and delaying six flights.
- A Corfu‑to‑Nürnberg passenger flight transmitted the emergency code 7500 for a hijacking around midmorning, after which the crew temporarily became unreachable by radio.
- Two Eurofighter jets from Neuburg were scrambled to escort the airliner and the plane landed safely at about 12:10 while the airport was cordoned and police deployed specialist teams.
- After on‑site checks authorities gave an all‑clear and confirmed passengers and crew were unharmed, while investigators continue to examine whether a defective cockpit radio caused the alarm.
- The incidents underline how drone reports and false or technical alarms can disrupt regional flights and are likely to sharpen calls for better detection, radio‑reliability checks, and coordinated airspace response measures.