德国当局周二因紧急警报显示客机上正在发生劫机事件，短暂关闭了一座机场并紧急起飞战机护航客机。然而，该警报是因无线电“故障”意外触发的。
German authorities briefly closed an airport and scrambled fighter jets to escort a passenger plane on Tuesday following an emergency alert indicating a hijacking was taking place on board. However, the alert had been accidentally triggered by a radio “malfunction”.
科伦登航空公司表示，其波音737-800客机原定从希腊度假岛科孚飞往德国纽伦堡，在飞越克罗地亚上空时因无线电通信系统“短暂故障”发出了紧急代码。
Corendon Airlines said its Boeing 737-800, which was en route from the Greek holiday island of Corfu to Nuremberg, Germany, sent out an emergency code while it was flying over Croatia “due to a brief malfunction in the radio communication system”.
该公司在声明中表示，“未发生任何紧急情况”，178名乘客、机组人员和飞机在任何时刻均未处于危险之中。飞机安全降落在纽伦堡。
In a statement, the airline said that “no emergency situation occurred”, and the 178 passengers, flight crew and aircraft had not been in danger at any point. The plane landed safely in Nuremberg.
德国警方表示，科伦登航空公司XR456航班在周二飞越克罗地亚时“意外”发出了代码为7500的紧急“应答”警报。
German police said Corendon Airlines flight XR456 “inadvertently” sent out an emergency “squawk” alert with the code 7500 while flying over Croatia on Tuesday.
应答码是飞行员通过客机应答机向空中交通管制发送的四位数代码。代码7500向空中交通管制员表明劫机正在进行。
A squawk is a four-digit code a pilot sends via the jet’s transponder to air traffic control. The code 7500 tells air traffic controllers that a hijacking is in progress.
然而，空中交通管制员未能与机组人员取得联系，导致警报级别进一步提升。目前尚不清楚原因。
However, air traffic controllers were unable to make contact with the pilots or crew, causing the alarm to be raised further. It is unclear why this happened.
警方表示：“无法通过无线电联系飞机以澄清情况”，这促使多个欧洲国家启动了警报。
“The aircraft could no longer be reached by radio to clarify the situation”, prompting warnings to be activated in several European countries, police said.
克罗地亚紧急起飞了一架阵风战机以拦截该波音客机，而德国军方也派出了战机。
A Rafale fighter jet was scrambled from Croatia to intercept the Boeing passenger jet, while the German military also dispatched warplanes.
警方作为预防措施，封锁了纽伦堡的阿尔布雷希特·丢勒机场，直至确认飞行员发出劫机警报的原因。
Police cordoned off the Albrecht Dürer airport in Nuremberg as a precaution until they knew the reason the pilot had sent the hijack alert.
警方发言人迈克尔·佩茨奥德解释称，当局“直接从驾驶舱收到了一个暗示劫机的代码”。
Police spokesman Michael Petzold explained that authorities had “received a code directly from the cockpit that suggested a hijacking”.
佩茨奥德说：“由于我们当时无法联系上驾驶舱，塔台也无法与驾驶舱取得联系，我们只能假设最坏的情况——这确实可能是一次劫机。”
“Since we were then unable to reach the cockpit, and the tower was also unable to contact the cockpit, we had to assume the worst – that it might indeed be a hijacking,” Petzold said.
纽伦堡机场发言人称，该事件导致航班受阻，六班航班延误，两班进港航班作为预防措施被转至其他机场。
The incident disrupted flights, with six flights delayed and two inbound flights diverted to other airports as a precaution, a Nuremberg airport spokesperson said.
此次劫机惊魂发生之际，航空安全问题正受到更多关注。此前，一架飞往以色列的Flydubai客机副驾驶在从迪拜飞往以色列的途中，用紧急撞击斧攻击机长，迫使航班于9月30日在沙特阿拉伯紧急降落。
The hijack scare has come amid heightened concerns about aviation security after the copilot on board a Flydubai jet bound for Israel from Dubai attacked the captain with an emergency crash axe, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on September 30.
周五，阿拉伯联合酋长国总检察长称，该副驾驶正执行一项“自杀”任务，意图在特拉维夫的本古里安机场撞毁飞机，并将此事件称为“恐怖袭击”。
On Friday, the United Arab Emirates’ prosecutor general said the copilot was on a “suicide” mission to crash the plane at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv and called the incident a “terrorist attack”.
此外，在周二凌晨的虚假劫机警报之前，由于飞行员报告疑似目击无人机，纽伦堡机场的航班曾短暂受阻。
Also, before the false hijack alert in the early hours of Tuesday, flights had been briefly disrupted at Nuremberg airport after pilots reported suspected drone sightings.
最近几周，随着一系列大多神秘的无人机事件以及对俄罗斯混合战争的担忧，欧洲各地当局已加强了对空域的监控。
Authorities across Europe have already stepped up surveillance of the skies in recent weeks after a series of mostly mysterious drone incidents and concerns about Russian hybrid warfare.
包括德国在内的西方国家指责莫斯科发动破坏、间谍活动和扰乱行动，以削弱欧洲对乌克兰的支持并使欧洲大陆 destabilize。
Western nations, including Germany, have accused Moscow of launching a campaign of sabotage, espionage and disruption to undermine European support for Ukraine and destabilise the continent.
最近几个月，由于无人机活动，德国多个机场曾不得不短暂暂停运营，怀疑常常指向俄罗斯。
Several German airports have had to suspend operations for brief periods in recent months due to drone activity, with suspicion often falling on Russia.
上个月，德国政府指责俄罗斯在八月对莱比锡/哈雷机场实施一次未遂袭击，使用了一架装载爆炸物的无人机。柏林作为其中一项措施关闭了俄罗斯领事馆。
Last month, the German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle airport in August using a drone laden with explosives. Berlin closed the Russian consulate among other measures.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京驳斥了这些指控，称柏林“捏造”了证据。然而，鉴于这些担忧，北约最高将领本周早些时候在华沙安全论坛上表示，该联盟已制定新的战争计划，以应对俄罗斯对其成员国的攻击，并将从乌克兰前线吸取的教训融入其中。
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the allegations, saying Berlin “fabricated” the evidence. However, in light of the concerns, NATO’s top general told the Warsaw Security Forum earlier this week that the alliance has a new war plan for countering a Russian attack on its members, embedding lessons learned from the Ukrainian front lines.
无线电故障很常见，但这类事件很少会升级为严重的安全事件，因为飞行员在失去通信信号时通常会使用备用无线电设备与空中交通管制员保持联系。
Radio glitches are common, but incidents rarely escalate to major security events because pilots use back-up radios to communicate with air traffic controllers when they lose communication signals.
2019年，一名驾驶欧洲航空（Air Europa）航班的飞行员在从阿姆斯特丹飞往马德里的途中，误触了“7500”劫机警报按钮。在半个小时内，航空管理部门都以为这确实是一场紧急情况，因此采取了相应的安全措施，这导致多架航班延误，甚至迫使荷兰斯希普霍尔（Schipol）机场的部分区域进行疏散。
In 2019, a pilot flying an Air Europa jet from Amsterdam to Madrid accidentally transmitted hijack alert 7500. For half an hour, aviation authorities thought the alarm was a genuine emergency and followed safety protocols, which disrupted flights and led to the evacuation of part of Schipol airport in the Netherlands.
2011年，一架从芝加哥飞往德国的航班因飞行员不小心打翻了咖啡而触发了劫机警报系统。咖啡洒出后，飞机发出了求救信号，其中包括“7500”这个用于表示劫机的国际代码。由于这个误操作，该航班被迫改道飞往多伦多。
In 2011, a flight from Chicago to Germany was diverted to Toronto when a pilot spilled coffee and accidentally set off a hijack alarm. The spill caused distress signals to go out, including the 7500 transponder code.