OVIEDO, Spain (AFP) - Spanish Poland and Bulgaria authorities reported bomb threats involving flights on Tuesday.
Spanish officials began searching a Ryanair plane after a bomb threat involving a flight from Manchester that landed Tuesday in the southeastern city of Murcia, authorities said.
“Security procedures have been activated following a bomb threat involving a plane from Manchester that has landed in Murcia,” Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s representative in Murcia, posted on U.S. social media platform X.
“The 114 passengers and seven crew members have disembarked and are undergoing security checks,” he added. “The aircraft is now being inspected.”
The plane landed on schedule at Murcia’s international airport in Corvera, according to airport operator Aena.
Other flights continued to operate at the airport normally, Aena told regional newspaper La Opinion de Murcia.
Poland and Bulgaria also reported bomb threats involving flights on Tuesday.
Warsaw Modlin Airport temporarily closed after a bomb threat involving a flight from London, according to the airport.
In the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, counterterrorism officers were deployed to inspect a plane arriving from Israel after authorities received a threat by email, according to local news agency BTA.
Warsaw-Modlin Airport in Poland was closed until further notice after a flight from London was diverted there following a reported bomb threat, the airport said in a statement.
The Boeing 737 MAX, originally bound for Warsaw Chopin Airport from London Heathrow, landed at Modlin at 10.01 am local time with 181 people on board.
The aircraft was directed to a designated area while authorities investigated the threat and carried out security checks.
Passengers began disembarking and were to wait in the arrivals hall, according to the statement.
On Monday, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest following a bomb threat. No explosive device was found during checks, and the aircraft later continued to Bulgaria.
On Oct. 18, an Austrian Airlines flight was diverted to Sofia following a bomb threat. Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets escorted the aircraft, which continued to Vienna after security checks found no threat.