Key facts
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 286 from London Heathrow diverted to Warsaw-Modlin Airport, about 25 miles from its intended Warsaw-Chopin destination.
- Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 from Copenhagen landed in Warsaw as expected an hour after departure, the airline said.
- Ryanair Flight 4116 from Manchester to Murcia was targeted, and Spain's Civil Guard later ruled out the presence of explosives, Francisco Lucas said.
- A fourth flight at Sofia Airport was being checked for explosives after landing, Bulgaria's BNT reported, citing interior ministry official Lyubomir Nikolov.
- Modlin Airport was closed for around two hours before the threat on LOT Flight 286 was cleared, the airline said.
Four Europe-bound flights landed safely after bomb threats on Tuesday, according to reports from the airlines, Spanish and Polish officials, and Bulgaria's national broadcaster BNT. The incidents followed a bomb threat on Monday that forced a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia to divert to Budapest.
Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 left Copenhagen around 8:30 a.m. for Warsaw on Tuesday and landed as expected an hour later without diversion. An airline spokesperson confirmed a threat had been made against the flight and said: "The matter is now being handled by the police in Warsaw."
A LOT Polish Airlines plane, Flight 286 from London Heathrow, diverted to Warsaw-Modlin Airport, about 25 miles from its intended destination of Warsaw-Chopin Airport, about 30 minutes after the Scandinavian Airlines flight landed. The airline said it "was notified by airport authorities of a potential security threat" on board and that no suspicious items were found in a security inspection. Modlin Airport was closed for around two hours before the threat was cleared.
A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia, Spain, was also targeted on Tuesday. Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government's representative in the region, said on X that security protocols were activated due to a bomb threat. An hour and a half later, Lucas said the Civil Guard had ruled out the presence of explosives and the airport resumed normal activity. Ryanair did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
BNT reported that a plane that had landed at Sofia Airport was being checked for explosives, citing Lyubomir Nikolov, the acting secretary-general of the Interior Ministry.