Swiss air force escort Israeli El Al plane after bomb alert: media
Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:
Two Swiss fighter jets scrambled Tuesday morning to guide an El Al flight which had received a false bomb threat, local media reported Tuesday.
According to local media Tribune de Geneve, two combat jets took off from their canton Vaud airbase to intercept the Boeing 747 traveling from New York to Tel Aviv.
Having been informed by French authorities of the situation, the Swiss air force escorted the Israeli plane to the Austrian border.
An anonymous tip received by U.S. aviation authorities had warned that a bomb had been placed in the aircraft's kitchen area, the newspaper quoted the German press agency DPA as reporting.
No explosive device was found after an immediate search was carried out.
El Al flight LY2 landed safely in Tel Aviv in the afternoon, according to Ben Gurion International Airport's arrivals information. Enditem