Wizz Air flight forced to make emergency landing because of bomb threat

Romanian authorities say a Wizz Air flight from Georgia to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Bucharest because of a bomb threat.

The Airbus A320 travelling from Kutaisi in Georgia to Warsaw, the Polish capital, landed safely after it was diverted to Romania.

“The bomb threat was (flagged) from the Kutaisi airport by a woman (who) gave very precise details,” Bucharest Airport spokesman Valentin Iordache said.

An airline spokesman said:”Wizz Air flight W6 1576 from Kutaisi to Warsaw had to divert to Bucharest due to a suspicious phone call that was received by Kutaisi airport.”

The flight landed in Bucharest 1.20pm.

Henri Coanda International Airport spokesman Valentin Iordache said that after the 173 passengers got off, the plane was taken to an isolated spot on the runway where authorities searched the plane and scanned the luggage.

The plane took off for Warsaw five hours later, after Romanian authorities completed their search. Iordache said a woman made the bomb threat in a telephone call to Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport.