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Accident to the Airbus A321 registered HA-LGA operated by Wizz Air on 20/07/2022 at Budapest

Alerte à la bombe, déroutement, évacuation par les toboggans

Responsible entity

Hungary - TSB

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Hungarian authorities:

A Wizzair A321 NEO aircraft traveling from Bari to Krakow received a bomb threat and interrupted its journey and landed safely at LHBP Budapest at 12:38 UTC and pulled into the B5 holding bay. Ground service staff did not wait for the aircraft with the stairs ready, the staff opened all 8 emergency slides

and executed an evacuation. Some passengers were injured during the evacuation.