{"id":127798,"date":"2026-11-02T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/alert-in-budapest-passenger-plane-escorted-to-the-runway-by-fighter-jets-what-happened\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:30:18","slug":"alert-in-budapest-passenger-plane-escorted-to-the-runway-by-fighter-jets-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/alert-in-budapest-passenger-plane-escorted-to-the-runway-by-fighter-jets-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert in Budapest: Passenger Plane Escorted to the Runway by Fighter Jets. What Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Gripen fighter jet from the Hungarian armed forces escorted a Wizz Air passenger aircraft until it landed at Budapest Airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The decision was made following a bomb threat, Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi announced on Monday. The flight in question was operated by Wizz Air and was travelling from London to Sofia.<\/p>\n\n

The aircraft diverted from its original route and requested permission to land at Budapest\u2019s Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Agerpres<\/a> reports. In response, NATO\u2019s air defence alert service issued an \u201cALPHA\u201d scramble order.<\/p>\n\n

A Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter jet took off and escorted the passenger aircraft until it landed in Budapest. The military personnel then returned to their base in Kecskem\u00e9t, while police carried out further security measures.<\/p>\n\n

This is not the first incident of its kind in recent weeks. In mid-October, for example, a plane flying from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Sofia following a similar alert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Gripen fighter jet from the Hungarian armed forces escorted a Wizz Air passenger aircraft until it landed at Budapest Airport. The decision was made following a bomb threat, Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi announced on Monday. The flight in question was operated by Wizz Air and was travelling from London to Sofia. The aircraft diverted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":87682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[15792,16603,11480,21154,17145,21155],"class_list":["post-127798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-airplane","tag-alert-2","tag-budapest","tag-landing-2","tag-london","tag-sofia"],"yoast_head":"\nAlert in Budapest: Passenger Plane Escorted to the Runway by Fighter Jets. 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