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Flight from Tel Aviv Diverts After Bomb Threat, Jets Scramble
An Austrian Airlines flight traveling from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Bulgaria on Wednesday following a bomb threat. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, landed safely in Sofia. German newspaper Bild reported that the threat was received after the plane had already passed over Hungary. The incident prompted the scrambling of fighter jets. The bomb threat was later deemed to be a hoax. Separately, a Flydubai pilot was reportedly attacked.
How outlets across the spectrum covered it
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- Centre (4): Deutsche Welle, Hindustan Times, Politico, The Print
- Right (1): Firstpost