Update: No explosives found on Egypt-bound plane grounded in Budapest

A Condor airlines Airbus A321 stands on the tarmac at the airport in Budapest after a bomb threat.

Budapest - On approaching Belgrade, pilots decided to turn back the plane carrying 130 passengers and seven staff and land in Budapest.

By Agencies 


Published: Mon 7 Dec 2015, 4:33 PM

Last updated: Mon 7 Dec 2015, 7:08 PM

Police said they found no explosives on a German passenger plane after it diverted to Budapest on Monday following a bomb threat.
The jet operated by Condor airlines, heading from Berlin to Hurghada in Egypt, had turned back from Serbian airspace after the alert.
“Police have finished the search and have not found any explosives or explosive devices,” Hungarian police spokeswoman Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs said.
German airline Condor said it had received an “unspecified threat” made via telephone.
Earlier, the airportal.hu website reported that on approaching Belgrade, pilots decided to turn back the Airbus A321-211 operated by airline Condor carrying 130 passengers and seven staff and land in Budapest.
The LiveATC.net air radio traffic website reported that Hungarian fighter planes escorted the plane into the airport. Witnesses said fire and ambulances rushed to the aircraft after it landed.
Security services are on high alert for planes to and from Egypt after the downing of a Russian airliner returning from Sharm el-Sheikh on October 31 with 224 people on board.