Swiss airline aborts flight to Beirut due to safety concerns and landed in the Austrian capital Vienna

The Swiss International Air Lines has aborted a flight to Beirut due to safety concerns and landed in the Austrian capital Vienna, the local daily 20 Minuten reported on Friday.  

According to the report, the Airbus A220-300 was already over Bosnia-Herzegovina after an hour’s flight when the decision to abort the flight was made on Thursday night. 

The situation in the Lebanese capital had changed during the flight, an airline spokeswoman told 20 Minuten.