Originally Posted by
paul4040
The tower at Hamburg has just started flashing a white light from the beacon.
I understand this to be a signal to an airborne aircraft to land here, and for everything else to return to the start point.
Emergency in progress, or is there some benign reason this is happening?
Sounds like a possible radio failure/issue, either with the airport, or with a specific aircraft, otherwise any information would be passed via those channels (I'd have thought).