Again bomb threats against numerous aircraft in Europe - military aircraft in action

Already on Tuesday, around ten aircraft on intra-European routes were affected by bomb threats, which later turned out to be false. Four planes from the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair were among those affected. All aircraft were able to land safely and no explosive devices were found.

A plane en route from Dublin to Rome was escorted by the Italian Air Force. Two threats were directed against planes from the Danish airline SAS and the Polish LOT that were headed to Warsaw. A Warsaw airport was briefly closed. British police reported threats against four planes that were scheduled to take off or land at London Heathrow and a plane from Manchester.

On Monday, planes from Wizz Air and Austrian Airlines had already been diverted due to bomb threats. In no case have explosives been found so far. So far there has been no information as to who is behind the bomb threats.