Created Tuesday, Oct 13th 2026 18:56Z, last updated Tuesday, Oct 13th 2026 21:03Z
A Corendon Europe Boeing 737-800, registration 9H-CXD performing flight
XR-456 from Corfu (Greece) to Nuremberg (Germany), was enroute at FL380 nearing the top of descent, when the transponder transmitted the code for unlawful interference, ATC could no longer reach the cockpit. Fighter aircraft were dispatched while the aircraft continued towards Nuremberg. The aircraft landed without further incident on runway 10 about one hour later and taxied to a remote apron. About one hour after landing it was determined, that the alert of a possible hijacking was false and was caused by a malfunction of the aircraft systems.
The airport was closed for about 2 hours.
Local police stated they needed to assume a hijacking of the aircraft after the code for unlawful interference had been transmitted and ATC could no longer reach the cockpit.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft transmittted unlawful interference while in Slovenian Airspace, subsequently communication with the cockpit could not be established. Eurofighters from Austrian military base Zeltweg intercepted the Boeing, radio communication was re-established at that time, the crew advised they had a faulty radio and had set the unlawful interference code in error while intending to select the code for loss of communication. The fighter jets accompanied the aircraft until safe landing in Nuremberg, where special forces of police received and secured the aircraft.
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