After the unplanned stopover of the German national soccer team in Scotland, the DFB entourage is now to return to Germany with a replacement machine.
The association announced this on Thursday morning.
"The replacement pilot is now on the way to Edinburgh to bring the delegation, team, trainer and supervisor to Frankfurt and Munich," said the DFB via the national team's Twitter account.
The charter plane with most of the crew on board had to land at Edinburgh airport during the night on the return journey from Reykjavik.
DFB spokesman Jens Grittner announced that there had been "no turbulence" and that "nothing medical" was responsible for the landing of the charter plane.
Rather, it was suspected that there was a problem with the aircraft.
National coach Hansi Flick and the players had initially persevered in the machine.
The DFB emphasized several times that "all" fellow travelers in the DFB entourage are doing well.
"Safety first.
Safe stopover as a precautionary measure in Edinburgh, ”the DFB team announced early in the morning.
Incidentally, not all players in the 4-0 victory on Wednesday evening in Reykjavik were on board the plane destined for Frankfurt am Main.
The England professionals around Timo Werner and Ilkay Gündogan should travel back to their clubs individually on Thursday.
The Bayern trio Manuel Neuer, Serge Gnabry and Joshua Kimmich also preferred to fly back from Iceland to Munich on a scheduled flight early in the morning.
Neuer told the German Press Agency at the airport that it was more comfortable for him personally “for regeneration” to sleep at night and then fly straight away.
"That was better for us," he said after checking in at the airport.
The captain also had contact with colleagues in Edinburgh via a chat group run by the national team.