Corendon Europe B738 at Nuremberg on Oct 13th 2026, unlawful interference suspected
Last Update: October 13, 2026 / 21:03:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 13, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Corendon Europe
Flight number
XR-456
Departure
Corfu, Greece
Destination
Nuremberg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
9H-CXD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 13, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Corendon Europe
Flight number
XR-456
Departure
Corfu, Greece
Destination
Nuremberg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
9H-CXD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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