Flight operations suspended at Nuremberg airport after plane signalled it was being hijacked

The aircraft transmitted the code to signal a hijacking

The aircraft involved in the incident is reported to be a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 coming from the Greek island of Corfu, as per German media.

This plane landed at 12.16pm as per Flightradar24.

On its social media account, the regional police said they received "a notification regarding an uncertain air emergency".

"In the meantime, the aircraft has landed safely in Nuremberg," the statement read. 

Nuremberg Airport, Germany. Image: Adobe Stock.

Local police have now said that the plane transmitted the code "7500", used only to communicate that it is being hijacked or "unlawful interference".

A statement read: "For safety reasons, various alarm scrambles were then triggered."

Little is known about what happened, however, it has been known for pilots to accidently transmit the code.

The German air force told Sky News that fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane involved in the security incident.

Nuremberg Airport in Germany. Image: Flightradar24 screenshot.

The latest update from police said that there is "no danger" and that passengers have been allowed to disembark the plane.

Nuremberg is the ninth busiest airport in Germany, seeing 4.5m people through its doors each year.

The city has flights to a number of London airports and Manchester.