German fighters scrambled after Corendon 737 transmitted hijack code 7500

Two German Eurofighter Typhoon fighters were dispatched on 13 October after a Corendon Airlines Europe Boeing 737‑800 transmitted the hijack code 7500; the aircraft, registration 9H‑CXD, was operating flight XR456 from Corfu to Nuremberg.

German authorities activated an air defence response, temporarily suspended operations at Nuremberg Airport and mobilised police and emergency teams before the aircraft’s arrival; the flight departed Corfu at 10:48 local time, landed in Nuremberg at 12:15 German time and lasted about two hours and ten minutes, with the airport reopening around 13:20 local time.