Four planes landed safely after bomb threats reported across Europe, including two flights that departed from the United Kingdom. Polish officials said on Tuesday they received bomb threats for two flights heading to Warsaw, but the planes landed without problems and no explosives were found. The threats targeted a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen and a LOT aircraft from London Heathrow.
In Spain, the BBC reported that a Ryanair flight from Manchester made an emergency landing in Murcia after another threat, while a fourth flight from Israel was forced to land in Sofia, Bulgaria. Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s delegate in the region, confirmed that no explosives were found on the flight that landed in Murcia.
These separate incidents occurred a day after a Wizz Air service from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest, accompanied by a Hungarian fighter jet. Wizz Air said the aircraft, which was due to depart from Luton at 8:15 a.m. on Monday for Sofia, was diverted after a bomb threat was received “during the flight”.
The Scandinavian Airlines plane landed at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport, where it underwent a security inspection that found no explosive devices. The airport closed one runway but continued to operate. The LOT flight, which was also scheduled to arrive at Chopin, was diverted to Modlin, the capital’s other airport. Authorities closed that airport after the alert, and the Boeing 737 MAX landed without incident. Spokesperson Adam Szablowski told AFP that passengers were evacuated, the aircraft underwent security checks and nothing was found, adding that the airport had reopened and was operating normally.
Taken from The Guardian UK