Erroneous hijack alert on a flight to Tel Aviv triggered fighter escorts and an emergency landing

A LOT Polish Airlines flight was diverted to Bulgaria after a hijack alert was unintentionally triggered. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images ; Courtesy A flight to Tel Aviv was diverted to Bulgaria after an unintentional hijacking alert was triggered. The Israel Defense Forces scrambled fighter jets after it was unable to make contact with the plane. Bulgaria's transportation ministry attributed the false hijacking alert to a "technical failure." A LOT Polish Airlines commercial flight ...