Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi: Hungarian Gripens were also dispatched to a passenger plane threatened with three bombs.

Three civilian passenger planes received bomb threats on Friday morning, prompting the Hungarian Air Force to scramble jets in response. The NATO issued an ALPHA SCRAMBLE alert due to these threats. The Hungarian Gripen fighters were involved in escorting an Airbus A321 from Brussels to Sofia, a flight from Prague to Cyprus, and another from Prague to Bucharest. After the planes exited Hungarian airspace, NATO ordered air patrols near the borders. This incident follows a series of bomb threats affecting European flights, including a previous threat that led to the inspection of flights from Ireland and other regions. Earlier in the week, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia also had to divert due to a bomb threat, with military jets ensuring a safe landing in Budapest.