Nahost: Austrian-Airlines-Flugzeug aus Tel Aviv landet nach Drohung ungeplant in Bulgarien
Die Maschine befand sich auf dem Weg nach Wien, als eine Drohung einging. Erst Ende September war es auf einem Flug von Dubai nach Tel Aviv zu einem gewalttätigen Zwischenfall gekommen.
In a surprising turn of events, an Austrian Airlines aircraft en route from Tel Aviv to Vienna was forced to make an unplanned stop in Sofia, Bulgaria due to a threat. The Airbus A320 aircraft was carrying 51 passengers and six crew members. According to Austrian Airlines, the threat involved a bomb plot that had been reported from Israel.
The plane landed around 7:42 PM local time in Sofia, close to the Bulgarian-Romanian border. After being thoroughly searched, the aircraft was deemed safe and passengers were promptly rebooked onto an alternate flight. The incident followed a similar event on September 30th, where a terrorist attack on a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight led to the pilot overpowering a gunman who had been armed with an axe. The incident also resulted in the co-pilot making a daring landing in Saudi Arabia's Tabuk.
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