Two planes face threats en route to Warsaw, and one airport is briefly closed
A LOT flight out of Heathrow made an unscheduled landing, and a Warsaw-bound SAS plane landed as scheduled after making an alert.
Two passenger planes are under inspection after landing in Warsaw following separate bomb threats, one of which prompted the brief closure of the city’s Modlin airport.
The airport said a flight from London Heathrow carrying 181 people had raised the alert while en route to Warsaw’s main Chopin airport and landed at Modlin, on the capital’s northern outskirts, shortly afterward. The flight was operated by Polish flag carrier LOT.
A second flight from Copenhagen, also bound for Chopin airport, reported a bomb threat, Danish media reported. The SAS plane landed as scheduled.
The two incidents came a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet, after a bomb threat.
Warsaw Modlin airport, which is used mainly by budget airlines, said a Boeing 737 Max aircraft landed at 10:01 (09:01 GMT) and that passengers later disembarked.
It later said air operations had resumed and that the plane subject to a "possible bomb threat is currently being checked by relevant authorities".
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Chopin airport said one of the runways on the airport apron had been closed, but operations were not significantly affected.
The threats to the Warsaw-bound planes came after a Wizz Air flight heading from Luton to Sofia in Bulgaria was forced to make an emergency landing in Hungary.
The airline later said security checks had been carried out and nothing was found.