Bomb threat forces Berlin-Egypt flight to land in Hungary

A flight from Berlin to the Egyptian beach resort of Hurghada has made an unscheduled landing in Hungary and is being checked for explosives after police received information about a bomb threat.

Passenger plane of German Condor Airlines stands on the tarmac after it made an emergency landing because of a bomb threat at Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Image by (Zoltan Mihadak/MTI via AP)

Hungarian police spokeswoman Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs said explosives experts are inspecting the unidentified airplane, its passengers and luggage.

She would not identify the source of the information about the bomb threat, but said police are following “established protocol” for what she said was “not an extraordinary situation”.

Operations at Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt Airport were not affected by the unexpected landing, police said.

(Press Association)