A passenger jet headed from Berlin to Hurghada in Egypt landed in Budapest on Monday due to a bomb threat, police said. Police spokeswoman Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told Reuters the threat had been aimed at the airline operator but declined to name the company. She said police were searching passengers and luggage on the jet. Details awaited.


In November, a plane taking 161 tourists from Poland to Egypt landed in Bulgaria and was being checked for explosives after a passenger said there was a bomb on board.


Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt after Russian authorities say a bomb brought down a passenger plane from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, killing all 224 on board. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

A file pic of a relative of a person who died in the Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt.