Pilot Accidentally Raises National Security Alarm in Germany's Busiest Airport

The pilot of a Lufthansa flight approaching Germany's busiest airport accidentally raised a national security alarm when he input the code for a hijacking.

There had been a technical problem with the communication device in the cockpit, meaning that the pilot could send but not receive messages from air traffic controllers at Frankfurt airport, a spokesman for the airline said on Monday.

To alert air traffic control to the problem, the pilot was meant to input a code, but he used the wrong one.

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