Overview

• Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled to escort Buzz-operated flight FR9962 after a midflight report claimed a Palestinian man on board intended to commit harm.
• Czech aviation officials denied entry to their airspace, prompting the Boeing 737 to detour through Austria and Germany before landing normally at London Stansted.
• Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjo and the Border Police confirmed there were no Palestinian nationals on the flight and labeled the warning a false signal.
• Investigators traced the hoax call to a Bulgarian man from Plovdiv whose ex-wife and two daughters were among the 174 passengers.
• An official probe into the false report and the cross-border interception procedures is under way to review aviation security protocols.