Seven aircraft targeted by bomb alerts in Europe
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
At least seven passenger aircraft were diverted, searched or subjected to enhanced checks following bomb threats in Italy, Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. Inspections found no explosives, and authorities have established neither a claim of responsibility nor a link between the threats, according to the cited authorities.
At least seven passenger aircraft were subject to bomb threats on Tuesday 3 November in several European countries, including Italy, Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. Aircraft were diverted, searched or subjected to enhanced checks, but no explosives were found, according to Bénin Web TV.
In Poland, a LOT aircraft from London was diverted to Warsaw Modlin Airport, where operations were temporarily suspended. A SAS aircraft from Copenhagen was also checked at Warsaw Chopin Airport. At Rome Fiumicino, two Ryanair flights arriving from Dublin and Lisbon were inspected, while a third, travelling from Manchester to Murcia, was checked with its 121 passengers.
The previous day, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia had been diverted to Budapest after a threat was received in flight. The British government described the threats as malicious hoaxes, while investigators continue to search for the source of the messages. No claim of responsibility or connection between Tuesday’s alerts has been established, according to Bénin Web TV.
