Nuremberg Airport in southern Germany was temporarily closed on Wednesday after a Corendon Airlines passenger plane issued an emergency signal while en route from Corfu. Two Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets escorted the aircraft through German airspace as precautionary measures were implemented.

The passenger plane activated an alert transponder commonly used to indicate onboard disturbances while flying over the Mediterranean Sea. Police officials, cited by German media, reported that attempts to establish radio contact with the pilot following the distress signal were initially unsuccessful, prompting emergency procedures.

The flight landed safely at Nuremberg Airport at 12:16 p.m. local time, arriving just one minute behind schedule. Authorities temporarily shut down the airport to conduct investigations, reopening it at 1:30 p.m. Investigators later reported finding no evidence of any danger, and the cause of the alert remains undetermined.

The emergency situation led to the diversion of several flights originally scheduled to land at Nuremberg, which were redirected to other airports including Frankfurt, Munich, Memmingen, and Stuttgart.

This incident followed an earlier alert at Nuremberg Airport on Monday evening, when three pilots reported a suspected drone sighting. That event caused delays for six flights, but authorities were unable to locate any drone.