Austrian Airlines Flight From Tel Aviv Gets MiG-29 Escort After Bomb Threat Forces Diversion

From Live and Let’s Fly. Publisher preview, not original Flight Wire reporting.

An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna diverted to Sofia under a Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter escort after a bomb threat on Sunday. Searches found no danger, and passengers eventually continued to Vienna, but a telephone call was enough to turn an ordinary flight into a frantic military and police operation.…