Nuremberg airport halts operations after unconfirmed emergency on Corfu flight
Flights at Nuremberg were briefly suspended on Tuesday around midday while police responded to an unconfirmed in-flight emergency on an aircraft arriving from Corfu. The plane landed safely.
Nuremberg Airport halted flights around midday on Tuesday, 13 October after police responded to an unconfirmed in-flight emergency, an airport spokesperson told Bayerischer Rundfunk.
The aircraft had come from Corfu. Its transponder transmitted an emergency code during the approach, according to the spokesperson. What prompted the code is not yet known.
The plane landed safely. Emergency services have since stood down. Police are investigating.
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Sources
- aerotelegraph.comFlughafen Nürnberg nach unbestätigtem Notfall vorübergehend gesperrt