threat received by airline Al-Quds city, Oct 5, SPA -- A Lufthansa passenger plane en route to Tel Aviv was rerouted to Cyprus on Tuesday after theairline received a bomb threat, Israeli officials said. Theairliner was escorted by Israeli warplanes on its way toCyprus. The threat was received by Lufthansa's Frankfurt office,said Mickey Gurdus, who monitors air comptroller trafficfor Israel Radio. Gurdus broadcast part of the Lufthansa pilot'sconversation with the control at Ben Gurion InternationalAirport. In the conversation, the pilot said he was headingto Larnaca in Cyprus, where the aircraft was to besearched.--SPA1457 Local Time 1157 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/208239