🔻According to reports from Israeli media, an Austrian Airlines flight, after taking off from Tel Aviv en route to Vienna, in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, “made an emergency landing” about an hour ago.

The Times of Israel wrote on Sunday night, 26 Mehr, that the plane sent an emergency message due to concerns about a possible security threat during the flight.

Based on these reports, a sighting of a suspicious object in the plane’s cabin caused security concerns. Passengers told Israeli media that the emergency status was announced after receiving an anonymous report about a bomb on the aircraft.

About an hour ago, the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport said in a statement that the crew of an Austrian Airlines flight, after receiving a bomb threat, decided while approaching Romania to conduct an emergency landing in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. According to Bulgarian officials, after the plane landed, passengers were evacuated.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the bomb threat was raised by an Austrian citizen who was not on board this flight.

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