European flights affected by bomb threats but no devices found

Warsaw-Modlin airport ‌reopened around midday on Tuesday after a bomb threat alert forced a passenger plane from London ‌to make an unscheduled landing there, while another plane from Copenhagen was checked at Warsaw-Chopin airport for ​the same reason.

“We would like to inform you that air operations at Warsaw/Modlin Airport have been resumed,” the airport said in a statement.

“The aircraft which was the subject of a ​report of a possible bomb threat, is currently being checked by the relevant services. Passengers and ⁠crew members remain in the arrivals hall to wait for further decisions.”

A ‌spokesperson ‌for ​Polish airline LOT confirmed earlier that the flight that landed at Modlin was a LOT flight.

A bomb threat was ⁠also reported on an ​SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw, which ​landed at Chopin airport and had already been checked, a Warsaw-Chopin airport spokesperson ‌said, adding that the airport was ​continuing operations.

SAS said the aircraft landed safely in Warsaw and that its passengers ⁠had disembarked. Polish authorities said ⁠that the threat ​was not confirmed.

It was not immediately clear whether the threats were linked.

Warsaw has two airports: Chopin is within the city limits and Modlin, mostly used by budget airlines, is about 36km (22 miles) from the capital.

Also on Tuesday, a plane flying from Israel landed at Sofia airport after a bomb threat was received by email. Counter-terrorism units ‌were checking the plane ⁠for possible explosive devices, BTA news agency quoted interior minister secretary general Lyubomir Nikolov as saying.

A Wizz Air flight from London to ‌the Bulgarian capital Sofia was diverted to Budapest airport on Monday after receiving a bomb threat, ​Hungarian defence minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said in a Facebook ​post. – Reuters