Aircraft makes emergency landing in Bulgaria over bomb scare

A passenger plane flying from Poland to Egypt has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria, after it was reported that a bomb was placed on board the aircraft.

"A 64-year-old passenger reported about the bomb and is already being questioned by law enforcers," Xinhua news agency quoted Bulgaria's Nova TV as saying on Thursday.

The passengers were evacuated from the plane flying from Warsaw to the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada.