'Bomb in jet's kitchen': Flight from New York to Israel intercepted by Swiss fighter jets

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Bomb in jets kitchen: Flight from New York to Israel intercepted by Swiss fighter jets
FIle photo of an El Al aircraft at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport.

Two F-18 fighter jets had to escort the aircraft as it flew over Switzerland on route to Tel Aviv.

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Published: Tue 5 Jul 2016, 3:00 PM

Last updated: Wed 6 Jul 2016, 5:06 PM

Pilots on the El Al Boeing 747-400, which was travelling to Tel Aviv from New York, received an anonymous tip about the potential explosives on board.
According to AirLive.net, two F-18 fighter jets had to escort the aircraft as it flew over Switzerland on route to Tel Aviv.
 

A spokesperson for the US Foreign Ministry said authorities has received an "anonymous tip about a bomb inside an airplane kitchenette." The plane has now landed safely at Ben Gurion airport in Israel. 
Local news reported that two supersonic booms could be heard at around 8:30am in the northern Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, in German-speaking Switzerland, as the FA-18 fighter jets raced to reach the passenger plane.
The fighter jets accompanied the El Al Boeing 747 through Switzerland's airspace from the French border, the Swiss Air Force said in a statement, after which the Swiss jets returned to the country's Payerne air base and the commercial plane continued its course toward Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
El Al released a statement confirming that it had received an anonymous tip about a bomb on board the flight.


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