Haki · Aviation securitySofia emergency landing: No threat found on Austrian Airlines flight OS82Imeandikwa 19 Oktoba 2026, 17:45 UTCTazamaNakala ya maneno0:07A fighter jet escorted an Austrian airlines passenger plane into an emergency0:11landing.0:12Everyone aboard got out safely and a security search found no threat.0:15All passengers have since reached Vienna.0:18Who made the warning that forced their flight to divert?0:20Flight OS-82 was flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna when the crew chose an emergency0:24landing in Sofia.0:26The diversion happened on Sunday evening, October 18, 2026.0:29The aircraft was an Airbus A320.0:32The plane carried 51 passengers and six crew members.0:36All were evacuated after it landed safely in Sofia, interrupting their journey to0:40the Austrian capital.0:41No injuries were reported.0:42The crew reported the threat as the aircraft approached the Romanian border.0:46The plane was over Romania when it turned towards Sofia.0:50It had departed Ben-Gurion airport, with Vienna as its destination.0:54The Bulgarian Air Force scrambled a MiG-29 to escort the airliner.0:58The fighter accompanied the Airbus A320 during the emergency diversion.1:02The plane landed at Sofia's Vasilevsky Airport about three hours after leaving Tel1:06Aviv.1:07Authorities searched the aircraft after landing, roughly 30 minutes after the alert1:11was first raised.1:12Passengers had been evacuated while the security response unfolded.1:15Bulgaria's transport ministry described the warning as a report of a bomb threat.1:20Austrian airlines initially confirmed a threat without giving details.1:24The airline later confirmed that the security search found no threat.1:28All passengers continued to Vienna after the security check.1:31Following the emergency landing on October 18th, the flight reached its destination1:36at about 3.30 the next morning, October 19th.1:39An investigation has begun into the warning.1:41Nobody has identified who made it or why.Soma makalaMfuatano wa matukio ya habariHeyDexVideo fupi ↗
