German airport briefly shuts after ‘emergency code’ transmitted in error by incoming plane

Germany’s Nuremberg airport temporarily suspended flights on Tuesday after an emergency code was transmitted in error by an incoming plane due to a “brief malfunction.” Corendon Airlines said a flight from the Greek island of Corfu to Nuremberg, southern Germany, sent out the alert “while in Croatian airspace due to a brief malfunction in the radio communication system.” “The situation was immediately monitored, investigations were promptly initiated and all necessary preparations were made,” the airline told CNN. Earlier on Tuesday, Nuremberg airport said flight operations had been suspended “for the time being” due to the incident. In its statement, the airport referred to a flight from Corfu to Nuremberg, which it said “landed safely.” Flight operations at the airport have since returned to normal, Reuters reported.