The airport operator said airlines had canceled about 80% of their flights to and from Munich and further cancelations were not ruled out.

This amounts to over 1,300 flights, with more possible cancellations.

The ver.di service workers’ union called the “warning strike,” a tactic often used in German pay negotiations, on Monday as it seeks to step up pressure in ongoing talks with the federal government and municipal authorities on wages and working conditions for public-sector employees.

The industrial action is set to end at midnight on Friday. Workers at ground handling services are among those taking part.

Public sector workers also walked off the job in various other locations and services in Germany. Those included some workers at Hamburg Airport, though the airport said the only flights canceled were those to and from Munich, German news agency dpa reported.

Hamburg Airport advised travelers to arrive early and, if possible, with only hand baggage.

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The TUI flight X36532 departed Dusseldorf, Germany at 08:55 CET to Luxor, Egypt.

About 50 minutes into the flight, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The flight is performed by a Boeing 737-800 (registration D-ATUA).

UPDATE 09:48 CET
The flight is diverting to Munich.

UPDATE 08:59 CET
The Boeing 737-800 safely landed on runway 26R.

UPDATE 10:02 CET
The aircraft is parked on remote stand of the Airport.

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The flight SQ306 departed Singapore Terminal 3 Wednesday, January 22 2025 at 01:16 SGT for a 14 hours and 15 minutes flight to London Heathrow.

While cruising at 36,000 ft and entering German airspace, the pilots declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and contacted ATC for an emergency landing.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration 9V-SWY) turned left and was vectored to Munich Airport where it landed less than 30 minutes later at 07:14 CET due to a medical emergency.

The flight is scheduled to resume the flight at 08:10 CET from Munich to London Heathrow.

UPDATE 09:06 CET
The flight has just departed from runway 08L.

UPDATE 09:15 CET
The aircraft is expected to land at 09:37 GMT at LHR Airport.

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The flight U22219 departed Manchester, UK at 07:40 GMT this Tuesday, December 10 2024 to Sofia, Bulgaria.

Almost 2 hours into the flight, the Airbus A320-200 (registration G-EZWZ) turned North and was vectored to Munich Airport where it was parked in a remote area.

The airline confirmed AIRLIVE about “a passenger incident on board” forcing a divertion.

The aircraft refueled and departed Munich by 12:00 CET to resume the flight to Sofia where it landed at 14:33 EET.

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Flight U28235, which departed from London Gatwick Airport en route to Kos International Airport in Greece Tuesday (September 3) afternoon, experienced turbulence, which apparently angered the intoxicated passenger, who reportedly called the captain “rubbish” and stood up to disrupt the flight, causing arguments with other passengers and a reported brawl.

The male passenger allegedly attempted to open an emergency exit during the flight.

A TikTok post showed other passengers applauding as the man was restrained during the emergency landing, which EasyJet confirmed was caused by a “passenger behaving disruptively onboard” in a statement.

The plane made an emergency landing at Munich International Airport about an hour and 44 minutes after taking off.

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The disruptive passenger was handcuffed and removed from the flight by German police.

Other passengers taunted the man as he was being detained, which included another man angrily yelling “get off, you loser,” and several others chanting the lyrics of ‘Sound of da Police’ by rapper KRS-One.

The passenger reportedly broke the onboard intercom and fought with flight crew members during the mid-flight incident.

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The Lufthansa flight #LH412 departed Munich at 17: CEST Tuesday, August 27 2024 for a scheduled 8 hours and 40 minutes flight to Newark.

The flight was operated by an Airbus 350-900 (registration D-AIXH) which was delivered in 2018 to the airline.

After a bit more than one hour into the flight, the aircraft turned around over UK. the crew decided to return to MUC due to a technical issue.

In order to lower weight for a safe landing, the pilots had to dump fuel before starting the final approach to MUC.

While holding 15,000 ft, the aircraft dumped/burned fuel during about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The flight returned to Munich 4 hours after departure from Terminal 2, gate L26. The plane landed on runway 08R at 20:00 CEST.

The flight was cancelled.

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Friday, August 16 2024, the Lufthansa flight #LH714 departed Munich Airport, Germany for a 12-hour flight to Tokyo Haneda Airport.

The Airbus A350-941 (registration D-AIXG) took off from runway 08R one hour late on scheduled time and climbed to 37,000 ft.

But while over the Caspian Sea, in Kazakhstan’s airspace, the aircraft turned around and climbed to 38,000 ft.

In decision with the airline, the crew decided to return all the way back to Munich.

It’s not clear yet if that decision was related to typhoon Ampil but it was more probably due to a technical issue with the aircraft as flight LH716 from Frankfurt to Tokyo was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

The A350 landed back on runway 08R, 8 hours and and 22 minutes later.

The 6 year-old aircraft landed under the escort of multiple emergency services and remained on the runway for a while.

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Swiss flight #LX1578 departed Zurich this Monday, August 5 2024 at 12:40 CEST to Vienna, Austria.

The aircraft (registration HB-JCK) climbed to 35,000 ft over the border before the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The crew contacted ATC to land as soon as possible due to a possible emergency on board.

The Bombardier CS300 turned left and headed to Munich, Germany where it landed 1 hour and 10 minutes after departure.

After landing on runway 26L, the plane has been parked at a remote area of the airport.

The flight #LX1578 has been cancelled.

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A Lufthansa Airbus A380 was forced to return to Germany this Thursday, July 25 2024.

The aircraft (registration D-AIMK) departed Munich, Germany terminal 2, gate L24 to JFK Airport at 14:35 CEST more than 2 hours late.

The flight climbed to 36,000 ft and entered Belgium’s airspace then flew over the UK but the crew decided to turn around over Manchester.

The 10 year-old Airbus A380 returned to Munich due to a technical issue. It landed on runway 08R 3 hours and 10 minutes.

The return flight LH411 is cancelled. The aircraft is now under maintenance check. According to The Aviation Herald, the A380 suffered hydraulic problems.

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Munich Airport faced significant disruption on Saturday morning when climate activists from the Last Generation movement breached the grounds and glued themselves to the tarmac in protest against climate policy. 

According to spokesmen for the airport and the federal police, the airport was completely closed for security reasons.

The protest, which took place at the start of the Whitsun holiday, a peak travel period in Germany, affected around 60 flights and led to the diversion of 11 others.

After about two hours, one of the two runways was able to go into operation, and later the second runway as well.

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