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Tel Aviv to Vienna flight makes emergency landing in Sofia after bomb threat
An Austrian Airlines plane carrying 51 passengers and six crew was diverted to the Bulgarian capital on Sunday night over a suspected security threat.
Key points
- The Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna landed in Sofia instead.
- There were 51 passengers and six crew on board.
- The diversion followed a bomb threat, with no injuries reported.
An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, on Sunday night after a bomb threat.
The aircraft was carrying 51 passengers and six crew when it was diverted over what was described as a suspected security threat. No injuries were reported. The airline and the Bulgarian authorities had not given details of the threat or of the checks carried out on the plane by early Monday.
The scare comes at a nervous moment for air travel to and from Israel. The country is nine days from a bitterly fought general election, and the wider region is on edge over the Iran war, with Houthi missiles and drones fired at Saudi cities and attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz at their highest level since the fighting began in February.