All flight operations at Nuremberg Airport suspended due to ‘aviation emergency’

It follows reported drone sightings in the early hours of Tuesday

The incident is believed to have involved an aircraft which "landed safely" after an unconfirmed "air emergency", as per German newspaper Rheinische Post.

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

Nuremberg Airport, Germany. Image: Adobe Stock.

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

"Investigations into the cause are currently underway."

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.

Meanwhile, German outlet Bild said that around 2am and 4am this morning, three pilots "independently reported sightings of an object, possibly a drone" during landing and takeoff procedures.

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.

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.