{"id":1540,"date":"2026-10-19T08:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/polet-os82-tel-aviv-viena-sofia-18-oktomvri-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:08:56","slug":"polet-os82-tel-aviv-viena-sofia-18-oktomvri-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/polet-os82-tel-aviv-viena-sofia-18-oktomvri-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv\u2013Vienna flight lands in Sofia after bomb threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated on 19 October at 08:09 Bulgarian time: The aircraft departed Sofia shortly before 03:00 this morning, BNT reports, citing the Transport Ministry. The report was published at 08:04 and does not specify the investigators\u2019 findings.<\/p>\n<p>An Airbus A320 operating flight OS82 from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Sofia on the evening of 18 October following a bomb threat. BTA reported the incident, citing Bulgaria\u2019s Transport Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry\u2019s initial information puts 51 passengers and six crew members on board. A Bulgarian fighter jet escorted the aircraft until landing. The passengers disembarked and the authorities began an inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian Airlines confirmed to Reuters that the aircraft landed safely. The carrier plans to rebook passengers on another flight after the inspection.<\/p>\n<p>As of our check at 08:03 Bulgarian time on 19 October, the reviewed sources had not confirmed a final outcome. A threat does not mean an explosive device was found. Published accounts differ on the exact landing time, so we do not present a specific time as established fact.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/samoletat-kacnal-izvanredno-v-sofiya-zaradi-signal-za-bomba-e-izletyal-kam-300-chasa-tazi-sutrin-1417691news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BNT \u2014 new information from the Transport Ministry, 19 October<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/bg\/news\/bulgaria\/1227413-samolet-s-marshrut-tel-aviv-viena-e-katsnal-v-sofiya-zaradi-signal-za-bombena-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BTA \u2014 Transport Ministry statement, 18 October<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/austrian-airlines-flight-tel-aviv-makes-emergency-landing-after-bomb-threat-sky-2026-10-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters \u2014 Austrian Airlines statement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@niklasjonasson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niklas Jonasson \/ Unsplash<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash License<\/a>. Illustration from Skellefte\u00e5 Airport, not the incident in Sofia; cropped and resized to 1200 \u00d7 675 px.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aircraft departed Sofia before 03:00 on 19 October, BNT reports. Flight OS82 had been diverted the previous evening following a bomb threat.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,38],"tags":[16,41],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulgaria","category-obshtestvo","tag-aktualno","tag-aktsenti-ot-denya"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}