Romania: More threats to plant explosives on planes

One of the planes that received the threat and landed in Bucharest was a KLM airliner flying to Tel Aviv. According to the services, the pilots requested a pyrotechnic inspection of the aircraft.

Earlier, a similar threat appeared in relation to a Wizz Air plane flying from Milan to Bucharest and an Air Serbia plane flying from Belgrade to Bucharest.

On Thursday, false bomb alerts also affected flights operated by, among others: by Aer Lingus, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, Finnair, EasyJet and Iberia. Some planes were escorted by fighters or subjected to additional checks after landing.

According to Reuters, no country has yet identified the perpetrators of these threats.

As reported by the BBC, Heathrow and Birmingham airports in Great Britain also received information about the threat on Thursday. Heathrow's manager said the report was considered unreliable and did not pose a risk to passengers, crew or aircraft. Birmingham Airport said that after receiving the threat, it immediately implemented safety procedures in cooperation with emergency services and other partners.

Two days earlier, on Tuesday, another series of threats against commercial flights in Europe were reported. All alarms turned out to be false. Four concerned flights operated by Ryanair: from Manchester to Murcia, from Lisbon to Rome, from Dublin to Rome and from Dublin to Sofia. Two flights to Warsaw were also threatened - from Copenhagen (SAS) and from London Heathrow Airport (PLL LOT) - as well as a Wizz Air flight from Bergamo to Sofia.