Bomb alerts on flights at Malpensa, investigation opened into cause of alarm

A case for causing an alarm, currently against unknown persons, was opened by the Busto Arsizio (Varese) prosecutor's office after the two bomb scares which yesterday involved as many flights arriving at Milan Malpensa airport.

A flight coming from Thessaloniki and landing at 9.33 am and another which took off from Porto and arrived at 10.25 am were targeted. The safety procedures were immediately activated and the checks gave negative results: no device was found.

The investigation could subsequently merge into a broader investigative line, in light of similar reports that affected numerous Italian and European airports on the same day. The modalities of the threats and the content of the messages in fact lead us to hypothesize a possible connection between the different episodes.

Postal police investigators are also working on the communications, trying to trace the senders.