Overview
- An Austrian Airlines plane en route from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Sofia after a bomb threat, with the diversion and emergency landing taking place on Sunday.
- Austrian Airlines said all 51 passengers and six crew were brought to safety and will be rebooked once the aircraft search is complete.
- The Bulgarian Air Force scrambled a MiG-29 to escort the jet and a crisis staff was established while investigators opened an official probe.
- Independent flight-data platforms recorded the aircraft turning back toward Bulgaria from Romanian airspace and indicated the plane issued a distress signal.
- The incident is being reported against recent regional aviation security concerns, including a late‑September in‑flight attack on a Flydubai flight and a separate accidental transponder 7500 alert.