Airlines in Europe have faced a series of reports of bombs on planes
Carriers are forced to reroute flights and conduct emergency inspections following anonymous reports of security threats
Reports of bomb threats led to route changes and post-landing inspections of aircraft / Photo: Mounir Taha / Shutterstock.com
Over the past 24 hours, airlines across Europe have received a series of bomb threats targeting their aircraft. As a result, some flights had to be rerouted, and the aircraft were inspected by security services after landing, according to Bloomberg.
Starting Monday, threats were made against two Wizz Air flights and one LOT Polish Airlines flight, the airlines reported. A Wizz Air flight from Bergamo to Sofia was searched upon arrival on Tuesday due to suspicions of an explosive device on board, a company spokesperson told Bloomberg. The day before, a flight from London’s Luton Airport to Sofia was diverted to Budapest for the same reason.
Polish security services inspected two planes that arrived in Warsaw from London and Copenhagen after the capital’s airports received reports of a potential bomb threat. Warsaw-Modlin Airport briefly suspended operations due to an emergency landing of a flight from London carrying 181 people, according to its website. The airport has since resumed operations.
According to the BBC, at least two Ryanair flights—one from Lisbon and one from Dublin—that arrived at Rome's Fiumicino Airport were also affected. A Ryanair spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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