Warsaw-Modlin airport reopens after bomb threat; second flight checked at Chopin

Warsaw-Modlin airport reopened around midday on Tuesday after a bomb threat alert forced a passenger plane from London to make an unscheduled landing there, while another plane from Copenhagen was checked at Warsaw-Chopin airport for the same reason.

“We would like to inform you that air operations at Warsaw/Modlin Airport have been resumed,” the airport said in a statement.

“The aircraft which was the subject of a report of a possible bomb threat, is currently being checked by the relevant services. Passengers and crew members remain in the arrivals hall to wait for further decisions.”

A spokesperson for Polish airline LOT confirmed earlier that the flight that landed at Modlin was a LOT flight.

A bomb threat was also reported on an SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw, which landed at Chopin airport and had already been checked, a Warsaw-Chopin airport spokesperson said, adding that the airport was continuing operations.

SAS said the aircraft landed safely in Warsaw and that its passengers had disembarked. Polish authorities said that the threat was not confirmed.

It was not immediately clear whether the threats were linked.

Warsaw has two airports: Chopin is within the city limits and Modlin, mostly used by budget airlines, is about 36 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital.

Also on Tuesday, a plane flying from Israel landed at Sofia airport after a bomb threat was received by email. Counter-terrorism units were checking the plane for possible explosive devices, BTA news agency quoted Interior Minister Secretary General Lyubomir Nikolov as saying.

A Wizz Air flight from London to the Bulgarian capital Sofia was diverted to Budapest airport on Monday after receiving a bomb threat, Hungarian Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said in a Facebook post.

周二中午前后，华沙-莫德林机场重新开放。此前，一架从伦敦起飞的客机因炸弹威胁警报被迫紧急降落在该机场；与此同时，另一架从哥本哈根起飞的飞机也因同样的原因在华沙-肖邦机场接受了检查。

“我们谨此通知各位，华沙/莫德林机场的航空运营已经恢复，”机场在一份声明中表示。

“此前有报告称该飞机可能藏有炸弹，目前相关部门正在对其进行检查。乘客和机组人员仍在到达大厅等待进一步决定。”

波兰航空公司 LOT 的一位发言人早些时候证实，降落在莫德林的航班是 LOT 航空公司的航班。

华沙肖邦机场发言人表示，一架从哥本哈根飞往华沙的北欧航空航班也接到炸弹威胁报告，该航班已降落在肖邦机场，并已接受检查。发言人补充说，机场将继续运营。

北欧航空表示，飞机已安全降落在华沙，乘客均已下机。波兰当局则表示，威胁尚未得到证实。

目前尚不清楚这些威胁是否有关联。

华沙有两个机场：肖邦机场位于市区内，而莫德林机场主要由廉价航空公司使用，距离首都约 36 公里（22 英里）。

周二，一架从以色列起飞的飞机在收到炸弹威胁邮件后降落在索非亚机场。保加利亚通讯社（BTA）援引内政部秘书长柳博米尔·尼科洛夫的话说，反恐部门正在对飞机进行检查，以排查可能的爆炸装置。

匈牙利国防部长罗穆卢什·鲁辛-森迪在脸书上发帖称，周一，一架从伦敦飞往保加利亚首都索非亚的威兹航空航班因收到炸弹威胁而改道飞往布达佩斯机场。