ConflictIsrael·18 Oct 2026
Bomb threat forces airliner from Tel Aviv to divert to Bulgaria
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On October 18, an Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 carrying 51 passengers and six crew from Tel Aviv to Vienna was forced to divert to Sofia, Bulgaria, following a bomb threat received as the flight neared Romanian airspace. The Bulgarian air force scrambled a MiG-29 fighter jet to escort the aircraft, which landed safely before undergoing a security search.…
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