The Smart Marty Sky Dispatch
Three European flights hit by bomb threats in two days
A passenger plane from London made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport in Poland after a bomb threat alert on Tuesday, forcing the airport to close until further notice, the airport said in a statement. Security services were verifying the reported threat, it added. "At 9:54 a.m., a bomb threat…
Three European flights were subjected to bomb threats over a two-day period, according to the Cyprus Mail.
A LOT-operated flight from London Heathrow to Warsaw Chopin was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin airport after a bomb-threat alert. The plane, a Boeing 737 MAX with 181 people aboard, landed at Modlin at 10:01 a.m. local time following the 9:54 a.m. alert. Warsaw-Modlin was closed for an unspecified period during the search and later reopened after no device was found.
In a separate incident from the day before, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest following a bomb threat, confirmed by the Hungarian Defence Minister. Two flights to Sofia were threatened on Tuesday, with one earlier threat affecting a flight from Dublin and another from Milan/Bergamo; both flights landed safely and were cleared.
Additional bomb threats involved flights to Sofia from Dublin and Milan/Bergamo, with both aircraft inspected and declared safe after no explosives were found. A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia experienced a threat in Spain, leading to temporary cordons around parts of Murcia airport before operations continued normally.
Other actions included an SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw Chopin that landed as scheduled, with no device found at Chopin. Two Ryanair flights to Rome were searched at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, and the Dublin flight was escorted by the Italian Air Force to Rome.
There were no claims of responsibility and officials did not assign blame. Authorities noted the incidents occurred amid broader concerns about “hybrid attacks” and disruption campaigns in Europe, with some experts suggesting possible links to state-backed interference, though no conclusive attribution was made.