Cockpit typo triggers hijack alarm and military escort for Corendon flight in Nuremberg
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On Tuesday a cockpit error triggered a kidnapping alarm and a large response at Nuremberg Airport; the pilot intended to report a radio failure but entered the code 7500 for a hijacking, and the Boeing 737‑800’s radio was defective so the crew could not be reached after take‑off to Corfu; the transponder transmitted 7500 instead of the radio‑failure code and the pilot only noticed the mistake after the aircraft was escorted by military planes.
Police are not investigating the pilot because he is believed to have acted unintentionally, and military aircraft from Croatia accompanied the Corendon Airlines flight in Croatian airspace; once the code is sent it cannot be withdrawn.