Flight From Tel Aviv Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Bomb Threat

An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing Sunday night in Sofia, Bulgaria, after a suspected bomb threat. A post-flight inspection found the plane posed “no danger” and was able to continue on its original route.

The flight, with 51 passengers and six crew members onboard, landed safely at 8:42 p.m., according to a statement from the Lufthansa Group, which owns the airline. Bulgaria’s BTA news agency said the flight crew received a bomb threat as the plane approached the Romanian border and was forced to divert to the Bulgarian capital. An Austrian citizen not on the flight reportedly made the threat.

After security cleared the plane that same night, the flight continued to its destination with all passengers aboard. On Monday, the airline confirmed there was “no danger.”

“We confirm that there was a threat against flight OS82 on October 18, 2026, from Tel Aviv to Vienna, which made it necessary for the flight to make an intermediate landing in Sofia,” the airline said. “During the search of the affected aircraft, the passengers, and the crew, no danger was identified.”

The incident comes less than three weeks after an Omani co-pilot attempted to take over a Flydubai jet carrying 174 people heading to Tel Aviv and crash it into Ben Gurion Airport.

After the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain, passengers and crew members managed to overpower the attacker, and two off-duty pilots on board helped land the plane safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

The attempted hijacking prompted questions about how an Omani national came to serve as co-pilot on an Israel-bound flight, given that Oman does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. Later reports revealed the accused terrorist had been banned by Oman Air because of his “radical ideological views,” but was still hired by Flydubai.

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