El Al bomb scare liner escorted through Swiss airspace

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Two Swiss Air Force jets have been scrambled to escort an Israeli passenger plane flying from New York to Tel Aviv following a bomb scare.

El Al flight LY2 landed in the coastal Israeli city on Tuesday morning after receiving the anonymous threat.

The Swiss Air Force announced an operation at 8.35am local time (7.35am BST), saying the launch of the jets caused two sonic booms heard over large areas of the country.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/el-al-bomb-scare-threat-swiss-fighter-jets-scrambled-israeli-plane-flying-from-new-york-to-tel-aviv-a7120231.html

They were Swiss F18s.

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