Bomb threat on Wizz Air plane, immediate emergency landing

Somebody threatened a Wizz Air flight flying to Barcelona with a bomb.

According to Magyar Nemzet, the plane carried passengers from Kutaisi in Georgia to Barcelona in Spain (Catalonia). It made an emergency landing at the Kutaisi International Airport. The events took place on Wednesday.

The Hungarian budget airline’s call centre received the threatening call, the Hungarian news outlet added.

They asked Wizz Air for more details and received the following answer.

They said the Kutaisi International Airport received the phone call about the bomb threat. Following the protocol, the airline immediately turned the plane and secured all passengers. Afterwards, Georgian authorities began to search the plane thoroughly.

Thankfully, they found nothing endangering the passengers or the plane. The Georgian authorities found the suspect.

Wizz Air highlighted that the safety of their passengers and crew is the most important in such situations.