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Four European flights targeted by bomb threats, no explosives found
Polish and Spanish officials said searches found no explosives after the flights landed.
The short version
- Reports say bomb threats targeted four flights in Europe on Tuesday.[Business Insider]
- Polish officials said two Warsaw-bound flights landed safely and no explosives were found.[The Guardian]
- A Ryanair flight from Manchester made an emergency landing in Murcia, Spain, where officials said no explosives were found.[The Guardian]
- Deutsche Welle, citing Italian media, reported two more threats against Ryanair flights bound for Rome, which are not independently confirmed.[Deutsche Welle]
Key facts
- Four flights in Europe were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday.[The Guardian · Business Insider]
- Polish officials said two Warsaw-bound flights received bomb threats, and the planes landed safely with no explosives found.[The Guardian]
- A Ryanair flight from Manchester made an emergency landing in Murcia, Spain, after a bomb threat.[The Guardian]
- Francisco Lucas, Spain's government delegate in the region, said on X that no explosives were found on the Murcia flight.[The Guardian]
- A fourth flight from Israel was forced to land in Sofia, Bulgaria.[The Guardian]
- Airport spokesman Adam Szablowski told AFP that passengers on a LOT flight were evacuated and the plane was searched, and nothing was found.[The Guardian]
- Deutsche Welle reported, citing Italian media, that two more bomb threats targeted Ryanair flights from Lisbon and Dublin to Rome's Fiumicino airport.[Deutsche Welle]
What remains uncertain
- The Rome-bound Ryanair threats rest on Italian media reporting as cited by Deutsche Welle and are not independently confirmed in the reporting reviewed.[Deutsche Welle]
Sources
Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.
- Four planes flying across Europe targeted by bomb threatsThe Guardian - World
- 4 separate flights in Europe have been targeted by bomb threats in the past 24 hoursBusiness Insider metered
- Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threatsDeutsche Welle