# Tel Aviv–Vienna flight makes emergency landing in Bulgaria over bomb threat, media report

https://mins.news/en/item/105442

- TASS, 2026-10-18 20:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/emergencies/2203859

> Haaretz reported that an Austrian citizen who was not aboard alerted the airline to a bomb threat. An Austrian Airlines plane flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna then made an emergency landing in Sofia. Passengers were evacuated as specialists checked the aircraft.

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