mistaken hijacking – A LOT Polish Airlines Airbus A320 on a Warsaw-to-Tel Aviv route was diverted to Burgas, Bulgaria, after an onboard hijacking alert was unintentionally triggered mid-flight—prompting fighter-jet escorts and an emergency landing before authorities restored conta
When LOT Polish Airlines flight 155, operated by Electra Airways, left Warsaw at 11:35 a.m. local time for Tel Aviv, it soon became an aviation emergency—triggered not by a real hijacking, but by a mistaken security signal.
The Airbus A320 later circled over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cyprus, according to FlightAware flight path data, before the aircraft turned back and landed in Burgas at 5:13 p.m. Tuesday after security procedures were set in motion mid-flight.
LOT Polish Airlines Electra Airways flight 155 Burgas Tel Aviv Warsaw hijacking alert fighter jets transponder code Israel Defense Forces Bulgaria transportation ministry emergency landing
How do you even mess up a hijack alert… like what happened, bad button?
So it was NOT a hijacking but they still sent fighter jets? That seems kinda scary tbh. I don’t get how one mistaken signal can cause all that.
Wait this says LOT flight to Tel Aviv got diverted to Bulgaria… but isn’t that like way off the route? I feel like there’s missing info here, because why would they circle near Cyprus for hours if it was just a “mistake”.
This is why I don’t trust airport security systems. One alert goes off and suddenly everyone’s scrambling and the plane is doing laps over the sea like a movie. Also the article mentions Electra Airways which feels weird, like who’s actually responsible here? If it was a transponder thing then I’m sure it happens all the time… right?