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Un avión comercial en la pista de un aeropuerto europeo rodeado por policías y especialistas en explosivos tras una amenaza de bomba
Operativo de seguridad con especialistas en desactivación de explosivos junto a un avión comercial en un aeropuerto europeo. · Imagen generada para EPM

Six flights face bomb threats and trigger airport security checks

Six commercial flights received bomb threats in Europe and triggered checks at airports in Spain, Poland, Bulgaria and Italy.

--- The context --- Six commercial flights received bomb threats in Europe this Tuesday, leaving checks at airports in Spain, Poland, Bulgaria and Italy. The aircraft landed without incidents and, so far, no explosives have been found in any inspection, a fact that does not lessen the tension experienced by passengers and crew members during the day. --- The facts --- A Ryanair flight between Manchester, in the United Kingdom, and the International Airport of the Region of Murcia, in Corvera, landed at 10.30 hours. Operations were restricted for more than two hours, the 114 passengers and seven crew members disembarked and passed checks, with National Police, Civil Guard, emergency services and bomb disposal specialists deployed. The inspection detected no device and the airport reopened at 13.00 hours, although the closure forced the diversion to Alicante of a Binter Canarias flight from Gran Canaria scheduled to arrive at midday. In Poland, two aircraft bound for Warsaw also received threats during the same European day of alerts and inspections. A LOT flight from London Heathrow bound for Warsaw-Chopin was diverted to Modlin, about 36 kilometres from the capital, after an alert about possible explosives. The Boeing 737 MAX, with 181 people on board, landed there and the terminal resumed activity less than two hours later, with no explosives detected in the inspection. --- The positions --- Another SAS aircraft from Copenhagen landed normally at Warsaw-Chopin, its passengers disembarked before the Border Guard inspection and one runway remained closed. In Bulgaria, the Interior chief secretary, Lyubomir Nikolov, indicated that there are no elements pointing to an attempted terrorist attack, although security was reinforced by the authorities in response to the threat received. --- What remains unknown --- It has not been specified who sent the anonymous warnings received in Rome or the threat by email concerning the flight that landed in Sofia, or whether the episodes are related. The Bulgarian Government also did not specify the airline or final destination of the flight from Tel Aviv, although the only scheduled landing from that city corresponded to El Al. --- Unanswered questions --- Who is behind the anonymous warnings and the threat sent by email that triggered checks at several airports across Europe? Is there any link between the threats in Spain, Poland, Bulgaria and Italy, or were they independent episodes? What information will the authorities offer when all the checks on each affected aircraft from this day are concluded? --- EPM analysis --- In Rome, two Ryanair flights from Dublin and from Lisbon were inspected after landing, the flight from Ireland was escorted by the Italian Air Forces towards Fiumicino and the alert was deactivated with no explosives. A day earlier, a Wizz Air Airbus A321 from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest, escorted by a Hungarian Gripen fighter and continued after explosives were ruled out. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, protecting passengers must guide every decision when a threat forces operations to stop, flights to divert and aircraft to be inspected across several countries at once. Coordination among police forces, guards, emergency services and specialists worked without incidents, but later transparency also matters: the public deserves to know how each alert was carefully checked, how affected travellers were treated and what measures remain so travel stays safe without normalising fear.
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