Wizz Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Budapest After Mid-air Bomb Threat

MT Newswires · 6d ago
12:23 PM EST, 11/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- A Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) flight from London to Sofia, Bulgaria, made an emergency landing at Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, following a mid-air bomb threat. In a Facebook post on Monday, Hungary's Defense Minister Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz said a Gripen jet was deployed to escort the passenger aircraft, and that police took charge of the subsequent measures.