Egypt-bound plane makes emergency landing in Bulgaria
Airliner with 161 passengers aboard flying to Egyptian resort diverted after bomb threat.
A passenger plane flying to the Egyptian resort of Hurghada has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat.
The Reuters news agency reported, quoting unnamed officials, that the aircraft with 161 people aboard landed at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast city of Burgas.
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All passengers and crew were evacuated, but no explosives have been found aboard, a spokeswoman for the Burgas airport told Reuters, adding that the airport remained closed.
“The plane landed in Burgas at 05:48am (03:48 GMT) after a request for flight number LLP8015 travelling from Warsaw to Hurghada to make an emergency landing, due to a report of the presence of explosives on board,” the press officer said.
A passenger who alerted crew about a possible bomb admitted on questioning to having consumed alcohol, a police spokeswoman said.
A spokesman for Polish national carrier LOT said the aircraft did not belong to the airline but was a charter, destined for the Egyptian city of Hurghada.
It comes a day after two Paris-bound Air France passenger jets, flying over the United States and Canada, were diverted because of threats.
On October 31, a Russian plane flying from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh to St Petersburg blew up in mid-air killing all 224 people onboard.
Investigators say a bomb brought down that plane.