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How a radio glitch triggered a false hijack alert in Germany

2026-10-14T09:53:54.000Z

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Authorities scrambled fighter jets to escort a plane from Corfu to Nuremberg after a pilot sent a hijack alert.

Speyer, Germany: View from the Altpörtel tower over the Maximilianstrasse to the west facade of Speyer Cathedral
Photo: Roman Eisele / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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