Bomb threats on LOT and SAS planes: passengers evacuated at both Warsaw airports
Two passenger planes bound for Warsaw were hit by bomb threats on Tuesday morning, 3 November. A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 737 MAX from London Heathrow with 181 people on board was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin airport, which closed for almost two hours, while SAS flight SK751 from Copenhagen landed at Warsaw Chopin airport. Passengers on both planes were evacuated and the aircraft were searched by bomb disposal teams. No explosives had been reported found.
Two passenger planes flying to Warsaw were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday morning, 3 November, forcing the evacuation of passengers at both of the Polish capital's airports. A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London Heathrow was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin airport, which closed until further notice, while an SAS flight from Copenhagen was searched at Warsaw Chopin airport.
Warsaw-Modlin airport said a bomb threat alert was declared at 9:54 a.m. local time on board the flight from London Heathrow to Warsaw Chopin. The Boeing 737 MAX landed at Modlin at 10:01 a.m. with 181 people on board and about 3.7 tonnes of fuel, and was sent to a designated area to await bomb disposal teams. A LOT spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that it was a LOT flight. Onet reported it was flight LO286.
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Polish authorities are evacuating two passenger planes at two airports in the Warsaw area after bomb threats. One SAS flight from Copenhagen is being evacuated at Chopin Airport while a LOT flight is being evacuated at Modlin Airport.
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Passengers began leaving the aircraft shortly after landing and were taken to the arrivals hall. Border Guard bomb disposal officers boarded the plane to check it and the passengers' luggage, Border Guard spokeswoman Maj. Dagmara Bielec told Onet. Medical teams, rescuers and firefighters were also at the scene. Modlin said air operations resumed at about 11:50 a.m., although part of the apron stayed closed while the plane was being checked.
In the second case, SAS confirmed a threat had been made against flight SK751 from Copenhagen to Warsaw. "The aircraft landed normally in Warsaw and the passengers have left the aircraft," SAS communications chief Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji said, adding that the case is being handled by Polish police. Chopin airport told Danish broadcaster DR the plane landed at 9:35 a.m. A Chopin spokesman said one runway was closed during the operation but the airport kept working without major disruption.
Chopin airport spokesman Piotr Rudzki told Polsat News that the airport had received information about possible explosives without being told which plane they were on. Polish media said there was no confirmation that explosives had been found on either aircraft, and it was not known whether the two threats were linked.
The threats came a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia made an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet, after a bomb threat. The airline said security checks found nothing, the BBC reported. Modlin, about 35 km north of central Warsaw, is used mainly by budget airlines, while Chopin is the capital's main airport.