Bomb Threat Aboard El-Al Plane

The Unites States issued a warning of a bomb threat on a New York- Tel Aviv flight. The Swiss Air Force escorted the plane from the French border through Swiss airspace.

The plane is currently on its way to Ben Gurion airport.

The threat was a false alarm.

Vladi Barrosa a spokesman for the Swiss government-run air navigation service Skyguide told Times of Israel , that in the case of a suspected bomb aboard an aircraft , fighter" jets are typically scrambled to relay the location of the plane and to establish visual contact with the pilots. They are also in place for the worst case scenario in which they would be required to shoot doent he plane if it were hijacked and posed an imminent threat to targets on the ground."

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Swiss, French fighter jets scramble in El Al plane bomb hoax

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