Israel diverts Lufthansa jet to Cyprus
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Israel has turned away a Lufthansa passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv due to a bomb threat. The plane landed safely in Cyprus on Tuesday after it was escorted by Israeli air force fighters.
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The Taiwanese president&#39;s flight to an outlying island several weeks ago was diverted because 28 Chinese fighter jets were spotted in the area, a major Taiwanese newspaper reported Thursday.
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A London-bound British Airways plane carrying 302 passengers from Phoenix, Arizona was diverted to Montreal for technical reasons, a spokesman for the airline told AFP.
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A Greek airliner bound from Athens to London was diverted Monday to the Ionian Sea island of Corfu after a bomb threat, police said.
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The Israeli Air Force scrambled several jets last week, fearing possible attacks from Palestinians upset by Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition.
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A Lufthansa airplane flying from Turkey to Germany safely made an emergency landing Sunday in Budapest after an anonymous bomb threat was received, police said.
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Cyprus lodges a protest with Israel after two of its jets stopped a Lufthansa airliner from landing in Tel Aviv over a bomb hoax.
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Israel dispatched several fighter jets toward its border with Syria after a Syrian aircraft disappeared from Israeli air force radar screens, Israeli military officials said Sunday, reflecting the state of heightened tensions between the two sides over a reported Israeli air strike in Syria earlier this month.
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An Israeli El Al flight carrying 450 passengers briefly went into a dive over London earlier this year, plunging 2,800 feet after a glitch in its electronic landing system, authorities disclosed Wednesday.
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Lufthansa had to cancel 33 European flights, and services across its global network were delayed, following a computer fault in its check-in system on Thursday, the airline said.
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A Lufthansa airliner en route to Tel Aviv was rerouted to Cyprus on today after the airline received a bomb threat. The airliner was escorted by Israeli warplanes on its way to the Mediterranean island.
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A ship carrying hundreds of evacuees from fighting in Lebanon headed to Cyprus on Monday as European governments stepped up efforts to move their nationals to safety.
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A flight from Los Angeles to London is diverted to New York after a suspicious passenger is reported, officials say.
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A Singapore Airlines plane flying from Frankfurt to New York was diverted to a British airport following a bomb threat that security officials said might have been a hoax.
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A Lufthansa plane heading to the United States from Germany made an unscheduled landing in Ireland Friday after the airline received a call saying there was a suspect device on board, Dublin airport authority ...
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LONDON Oct. 14, 2004 - A Virgin Atlantic plane heading from Hong Kong to London was diverted to an airport north of London on Thursday after receiving a bomb threat, police said.
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A Greek airline bound for New Yorkwas diverted Tuesday to Shannon airport in Ireland after a second bomb alert to affect Olympic Airlines within three days.