Croatian Rafales intercept Corendon 737 after emergency signal, fault later identified
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A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 flying from Kos to Nuremberg transmitted a 7500 emergency code and was intercepted by NATO and Croatian Rafale fighters over Korenica, after which the pilot visually identified the aircraft and escorted it out of Croatian airspace.
German police reported no danger and attributed the signal to a radio communication system fault, a view echoed by Maltese minister Chris Bonett and Croatian minister Ivan Anušić, who confirmed a fault in the radio system and a backup failure; the interception was described as the first of its kind for Croatian Rafales and a good exercise, while an unrelated alarm in Nuremberg over a suspected drone yielded no findings.