Fighter Jets Intercept Wizz Air Plane From London After ‘Passenger Changes WiFi Name To Terrorist’

Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept a Wizz Air flight from London to Tel Aviv after a passenger changed their personal WiFi hotspot name to “Terrorist” (in Arabic).

The plane was travelling from Luton to Ben-Gurion airport when the ‘security incident’ unfolded.

At least one passenger than received “threatening messages” and then someone noticed the network name, and panic ensued.

This prompted the crew to alert the control tower at Ben-Gurion Airport, who sent fighter jets to escort the plane the rest of the way.

The Wizz Air plane landed safely in Israel before security personnel checked all passengers.

Sure enough, a passenger had changed a WiFi account name to ‘terrorist’ and was found to have sent threatening messages to at least one other passenger.

Sounds like it might have been someone’s idea of a prank, but it’s obviously never a good idea to joke about these things 30,000 feet up in the sky. An act of extraordinary genius if you’re 12 years old, but unfathomably stupid also.

The Airports Authority said: ‘Due to suspicion of suspicious behavior on the plane, security forces acted according to the procedures for such a case. The incident ended. The plane landed and it was found that there was no actual incident.’

The incident remains under investigation.

For the man who sent bailiffs to the airport to collect his Wiz Air refund, click HERE. Guess what? He actually got it.