London Stansted Ryanair flight among passenger planes disrupted by new bomb threats

Flight FR1730 left the airport at 6am and was scheduled to land in the capital Sofia at 9.25am GMT, but was diverted to Plovdiv, according to Flightradar24. The bomb alerts come two days after multiple flights, including one from Heathrow and another from Manchester, were subject to bomb alerts.The Government said the two UK flights were targeted in “malicious hoax threats”.Flight LO286 from Heathrow landed at Warsaw Modlin Airport just seven minutes after the alarm was raised. The airport was closed as security operations got underway. Czech police have confirmed that Police in the four as-yet unidentified flights have also received threats, with those planes currently “preparing for landing.”On X, the force said that they “assess the relevance of the threats as low," and that "pyrotechnic inspections will be conducted on all aircraft" after landing.On Monday, a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet, following a bomb threat.All flights impacted on ThursdayEI-DEH Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, which was diverted to Evreux, FranceFR6410 Ryanair flight from Madrid to SofiaFR3606 Ryanair flight from Copenhagen to SofiaFR1730 Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Sofia, which was diverted to PlovdivLO235 LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to BrusselsW46387 WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Okęcie, which was diverted to ViennaAY1761 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Rome FiumicinoAY 1471 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to ViennaBreaking news. This article is being updated.