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.


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