<p>A German passenger plane headed from Berlin to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada landed in Budapest today after a bomb scare, Hungarian police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The airportal.hu website reported that on approaching Belgrade, pilots decided to turn back the Airbus A321-211 operated by airline Condor carrying 130 passengers and seven staff and land in Budapest.<br /><br />The LiveATC.net air radio traffic website reported that Hungarian fighter planes escorted the plane into the airport. Witnesses said fire and ambulances rushed to the aircraft after it landed.<br /><br />"The plane is still undergoing checks at the airport," police spokesperson Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told AFP.<br /><br />Security services are on high alert for planes to and from Egypt after the downing of a Russian airliner returning from Sharm el-Sheikh on October 31 with 224 people on board. <br /></p>
<p>A German passenger plane headed from Berlin to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada landed in Budapest today after a bomb scare, Hungarian police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The airportal.hu website reported that on approaching Belgrade, pilots decided to turn back the Airbus A321-211 operated by airline Condor carrying 130 passengers and seven staff and land in Budapest.<br /><br />The LiveATC.net air radio traffic website reported that Hungarian fighter planes escorted the plane into the airport. Witnesses said fire and ambulances rushed to the aircraft after it landed.<br /><br />"The plane is still undergoing checks at the airport," police spokesperson Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told AFP.<br /><br />Security services are on high alert for planes to and from Egypt after the downing of a Russian airliner returning from Sharm el-Sheikh on October 31 with 224 people on board. <br /></p>