Five flights in Europe receive bomb threats on the same day, Reuters reports

Five planes operated by different airlines in Europe received bomb threats, Reuters reported.Two of the incidents involved planes bound for Warsaw. A LOT flight from London was forced to land at Modlin Airport instead of Warsaw’s main airport, Chopin, after receiving a threat. An SAS plane flying from Copenhagen landed at its intended destination and was then searched.Modlin Airport suspended operations for several hours.A Wizz Air plane flying from London to Sofia was also forced to land in Budapest today after receiving a threat. A flight from Israel made an emergency landing in Sofia following a bomb threat, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said. The ministry did not specify the flight’s intended destination.Another plane, a Ryanair flight arriving from Manchester, was searched in Murcia, Spain.It is unclear whether the incidents are connected.At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected].To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.