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Radio glitch behind false hijack alert sends jets to Corfu flight

Fighter jets escorted a flight from Corfu to Nuremberg after the pilot's hijack alert; the explanation turned out to be a radio fault.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 6:55 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN This Morning at 6:55 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Al Jazeera's, the jokes are ours.

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At a glance

First reported by Al Jazeera: “How a radio glitch triggered a false hijack alert in Germany”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 6:55 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Germany.
BBN covered this story before: Germany briefly shuts Nuremberg airport, scrambles jets to escort… (October 13).

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Al JazeeraHow a radio glitch triggered a false hijack alert in Germany

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Germany today, fighter jets escorted a plane from Corfu to Nuremberg after a pilot sent a hijack alert, and Al Jazeera reports the cause was a radio glitch.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA glitch. I've had a printer do worse, and nobody sent a jet.

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