JERUSALEM — An Israeli Boeing 767 airliner that received a fighter jet escort after a bomb threat landed safely today at an airport outside Tel Aviv, authorities said. No bomb was found.
Israeli fighter jets accompanied the El Al Israel Airlines flight in to Ben Gurion Airport from the time it entered Israeli airspace. After it landed, Israeli security checked the plane, the military said.
Channel 2 TV reported that the plane originated in Paris.
Airport security on flights to Israel is legendary for its thoroughness, because Israel-bound airliners are considered prime targets for attackers.
The last known incidents of bombs exploding aboard El Al planes were in 1986. In June, a bomb in a suitcase exploded in a plane while it was still on the ground in Madrid, and in April a bomb planted inside a radio blew up during a flight from London but caused only minimal damage.
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