4 European flights targeted by suspected bomb threats, probe underway
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – According to officials and various news reports on Tuesday 4 passenger planes across Europe are being inspected by officials after a series of suspected bomb threats.
As of now, it remains unclear whether the threats were linked, media reported.
Two of these planes departed from the UK, BBC reported.
The Polish airline LOT flight from London Heathrow to Warsaw-Chopin Airport reportedly made an unscheduled landing at the Polish capital’s other airport, Modlin, on Tuesday.
It was carrying 181 people. According to The Independent, the international airport was temporarily closed, while security services were verifying the threat.
The Boeing 737 MAX was scheduled to land at Warsaw Chopin Airport when the warning came in at 8.54 a.m. GMT. The aircraft was checked by bomb disposal experts.
Another bomb threat was reported on a Scandinavian SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw.
The aircraft was forced to land at Chopin Airport and was also checked. SAS later informed that it had landed safely in Warsaw and passengers had disembarked.
The third threat was reported on a Ryanair flight, which was carrying 114 passengers from Manchester. It had landed in Murcia in southern Spain, as per Diari ARA.
The local media in Bulgaria also stated that a plane flying from Israel had also landed at Sofia airport after a bomb threat was received by email.
Warsaw-Modlin Airport was later reopened, while officials continued to inspect an aircraft involved in the “reported bomb threat,” the airport stated.
“Passengers and crew remain in the arrival halls, awaiting further action,” read a statement, which added that several areas remain closed until further notice,” media reported.
