Bomb panic on passenger plane: It made an emergency landing accompanied by a fighter jet

The passenger plane of the Austrian Airlines airline company based in Austria, operating the Tel Aviv-Vienna flight, had to change its route due to a bomb threat.

According to the statement made by the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, the pilots of the Airbus A320 type plane were informed of the bomb threat as they approached the Romanian border.

Thereupon, the captain pilot of the plane decided to make an emergency landing in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

WAR PLANE TAKES AIR

Following the bomb threat, the Bulgarian Air Force took action.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport announced that a MiG-29 fighter jet took off and accompanied the passenger plane as part of security procedures.

The Airbus A320, which was directed to Sofia Airport under the escort of the fighter jet, landed without any problems.

In the statement made by Austrian Airlines, it was stated that there were a total of 57 people on the plane, including 51 passengers and 6 crew members.

After the plane landed safely in Sofia, passengers and crew were evacuated.

While security teams started a search on the plane following a bomb threat, authorities reported that an investigation was launched to determine the details of the incident.

The airline company announced that passengers will be directed to alternative flights after security checks are completed.

THE AIRPLANE SENT AN EMERGENCY CODE

According to the data of the flight tracking platform Flightradar24, the passenger plane entered Romanian airspace at around 21.10 Turkish time.

It was determined that the plane, which turned south and returned to Bulgaria after the notice, sent the 7700 code, which is used to report general emergencies in international aviation.

Data from the ADS-B Exchange platform also confirmed that the plane sent an emergency signal when it changed course.

SIMILAR EVENTS HAPPENED IN EUROPE

Similar security alerts have recently been raised in European airspace.

Last Tuesday, a false hijack alarm was given for a Boeing 737 type passenger plane belonging to Corendon Airlines, which was going from Corfu Island of Greece to Nuremberg, Germany.

Upon the notice, warplanes belonging to Croatia and Germany took off and accompanied the passenger plane.

On the other hand, it was reported that the co-pilot of the flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 attacked the captain pilot with an ax in order to take control of the plane.

It was reported that the co-pilot was neutralized as a result of the resistance of the captain pilot and the intervention of the passengers and cabin crew.