An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna with 57 people aboard made an emergency landing in Bulgaria following a threat, the airline said, just weeks after a FlyDubai pilot tried to hijack an Israel-bound plane.
Flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna makes emergency landing after bomb threat | 18 Oct 2026 | A flight from Tel Aviv has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat. The A320 aircraft, which was flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna, was diverted to land in Sofia due to what Bulgaria’s Ministry [……
The incident comes less than a month after a Flydubai copilot allegedly attacked the captain of the aircraft with an ax in what was believed to be an attempt to take over the aircraft and crash it into a Tel Aviv airport.
An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat was reported near the Bulgarian-Romanian border. A MiG-29 fighter jet escorted the plane.
An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday night after a bomb threat, Hebrew media reported.
VIENNA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A bomb threat forced an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna to divert to Sofia late on Sunday, though a search found nothing dangerous so the plane took off again and flew onwards, the airline and Bulgaria's BTA news agency said.
