Accidents and Incidents
On March 10, 2010, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, originating from London-Stansted, UK on approach to Altenburg could not establish radio contact with the tower and had to divert to Berlin Schönefeld Airport (Germany). Subsequent to the incident, it was discovered that, due to a scheduling misunderstanding, the air traffic controller scheduled had not shown up to work.
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