Bomb alert on jet flying to Egypt forces plane to land in Bulgaria... where Polish passenger 'who had been drinking' admits he was joking.

Georgy Tchipilsky, head of the airport in Burgas, said the Airbus A320 en route from Warsaw to the holiday resort of Hurghada requested an emergency landing due to a bomb threat.

The plane, operated by Lithuanian charter airline Small Planet, touched down in Burgas at 5:48 a.m. local time.

Tchipilsky said a 67-year-old Polish passenger who said there was a bomb on the plane was being questioned by the police. 

Tchipilsky could not immediately confirm reports that the man said he had been drinking on the flight but it is understood the bomb claim was a hoax

Polish Vice Consul Jakub Lasinski said on TVN24 he was assured by Bulgarian authorities that the situation is 'under full control.' There were no reports of any explosives being found.

Passenger Agata Pinuszewska told TVN24 by phone that armed Bulgarian officers burst into the plane at Burgas airport shouting at the man 'Where is the bomb?' He was then led out and the other passengers were asked to leave the plane.

Pinuszewska said the passengers were waiting at the airport for another plane to come from Warsaw and take them to Hurghada.

The bomb scare comes as Russia suspended all flights to Egypt after Russian authorities confirmed a bomb brought down a passenger plane from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, killing all 224 on board.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attack, claiming they used a drinks can and a bomb detonator in their propaganda magazine article on the attack.

source uk dailymail.