The Israeli El Al flight LY002 from New York to Tel Aviv, landed safely at the Tel Aviv Airport, after a bomb alert.

Earlier in the day, two Swiss Air Force jets were scrambled to escort an El Al Israeli passenger plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv due to a bomb alert on Tuesday, according to Skyguide, a company that monitors Swiss airspace.

The two Swiss fighter jets were scrambled to escort the El Al Boeing 747 airliner and to establish visual contact with the pilot, as it flew over Switzerland, Skyguide spokesman Vladi Barrosa told dpa.

El Al said it had received an anonymous tip about a bomb on board flight LY002. Although it added that the plane was continuing on its way to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, it however would not say whether it was a false alarm.

(Haaretz)