Four passenger aircraft landed safely after receiving bomb threats across Europe, including flights departing from the United Kingdom, Poland’s authorities and international media reported. No explosives were found during subsequent security checks.
Polish officials said they had received bomb threats involving two flights bound for Warsaw. The aircraft landed safely, and searches found no explosive devices, according to The Guardian.
The threats affected a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen and a LOT Polish Airlines aircraft departing from London Heathrow.
Separately, the BBC reported that a Ryanair flight from Manchester made an emergency landing in Murcia, southern Spain, following another bomb threat. A fourth aircraft, arriving from Israel, was forced to land in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s representative in the region, said on X that no explosives had been found aboard the aircraft that landed in Murcia.
The incidents came a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet.
The aircraft, which had been scheduled to depart Luton at 8:15 a.m. on Monday for Sofia, was diverted after the airline received a bomb threat while the plane was airborne, Wizz Air said.
The Scandinavian Airlines aircraft landed at Warsaw Chopin Airport, where it underwent security checks. No explosive devices were found.
One runway at the airport was temporarily closed, but operations continued, an airport spokesperson said.
The LOT flight, which had also been scheduled to arrive at Chopin Airport, was diverted to Warsaw’s other airport, Modlin. Authorities temporarily closed the airport following the alert, but the Boeing 737 MAX landed safely.
“Passengers were evacuated and the aircraft underwent security checks. Nothing was found,” airport spokesperson Adam Szablowski told AFP. He added that the airport had reopened and was operating normally.
The series of incidents prompted security responses at several European airports, although all the aircraft involved landed safely and the reported searches found no explosives.
