Spanish authorities in the city of Murcia are today inspecting a Ryanair plane following a bomb threat during a flight from Manchester, announced Francisco Lucas, a representative of the Spanish government, on social network X.
“All 114 passengers and seven crew members have disembarked and are undergoing security checks,” he added.
Poland and Bulgaria have also reported bomb threats on planes today, according to European media.
The “Warsaw-Modlin” airport was temporarily closed due to a bomb threat on a plane from London with 181 people on board that landed there, although its destination was another airport in Warsaw, “Chopin”.
In the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, anti-terrorist units were dispatched to inspect a plane arriving from Israel after authorities received a threat, the local news agency BTA reported, citing the Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lyubomir Nikolov.
A Wizz Air plane from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest, also due to a bomb threat. No explosive device was found during inspections, so the plane continued its journey to Bulgaria.
Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Sofia on October 18 due to a bomb threat. Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets escorted the aircraft, which continued on to Vienna after security checks found no danger.
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