Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv makes emergency landing after bomb threat

An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna made an emergency landing in Sofia on Sunday after a bomb threat, Bulgarian authorities said. The Airbus A320 landed safely with 51 passengers and six crew members aboard after reportedly receiving a bomb threat near the Bulgarian-Romanian border. "During the flight, ​on the border with Romania, the crew reported a ​bomb threat signal and decided to land in Sofia extraordinarily," the Bulgarian transport ​ministry said ​in a ⁠statement. The Airbus A320 plane was flying from Tel Aviv for Vienna but was diverted to Sofia in Bulgaria at 9:25 p.m., air tracker Flightradar24 data showed.