Warsaw (AFP) - Four civilian aircraft heading to European airports on Tuesday faced bomb warnings that later turned out to be false, according to what the authorities of the countries concerned announced.
Published on: 03/11/2026 - 15:45 Last updated: 03/11/2026 - 16:42
These warnings included two flights heading to Warsaw, one from Copenhagen and the other from Heathrow Airport in London, in addition to a flight from Manchester, England, to Murcia, Spain, and another from Bergamo, Italy, to Sofia.
No explosive charges were found on any of the aircraft after they were searched.
This comes the day after an alert targeted a Wizz Air flight that was heading from Luton Airport in England to Sofia, and it was forced to make an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by two Hungarian fighter jets.
On October 18, a similar warning caused an Austrian Airlines plane, which was on a flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna, to be diverted and land in Bulgaria, without any explosives being found on board.
Tuesday's warnings affected a SAS flight that was heading from Copenhagen to Chopin Airport in Warsaw.
After landing, the plane underwent security procedures following “information about the presence of a dangerous object on board,” according to what an airport spokesman told AFP.
Piotr Rudzki said that one of the airport's two runways was closed without affecting its operations. He added, "The inspections ended at about 12:20 (11:20 GMT), and the airport returned to work normally."
The airline confirmed to AFP that the flight had received a bomb alert.
The other warning concerned a flight operated by Polish airline LOT heading from Heathrow Airport to Warsaw's Chopin Airport, prompting the authorities to divert it to Warsaw-Modlin Airport.
The Boeing 737 Max plane landed safely, but navigation traffic was temporarily suspended.
Modlin Airport spokesman Adam Schablowski told AFP, "The passengers were evacuated and the plane underwent security checks. Nothing was found," confirming the resumption of work at the airport.
In Spain, a Ryanair flight coming from Manchester and heading to Murcia was subjected to a similar warning, according to the Spanish airport operator ENA.
The latter explained that the plane landed on time and without incident at the airport of the city located in the east of the country at approximately 10:30 (09:30 GMT), and emergency measures were lifted at approximately 1:00 after the end of the inspections conducted by the Spanish police.
For its part, the British Civil Aviation Authority declined to comment on these incidents.
In Sofia, a Wizz Air flight coming from Bergamo underwent inspection after landing at 11:10 (09:10 GMT), according to a spokesman for the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, who confirmed that no suspicious object was found.
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