Passenger jet lands in Budapest due to bomb threat: Police

According to police the threat had been aimed at the airline operator.

Budapest: A passenger jet headed from Berlin to Hurghada in Egypt landed in Budapest on Monday due to a bomb threat, police said.

Police spokeswoman Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told Reuters the threat had been aimed at the airline operator but declined to name the company. She said police were searching passengers and luggage on the jet.