String of bomb threats reported on flights in Europe cause diversions, emergency landings

Warsaw-Modlin Airport reopened around midday Tuesday after a bomb threat 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.

Separate bomb threat affected flight from Israel, which landed at Bulgaria's Sofia Airport

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· Posted: Nov 03, 2026 8:25 AM EST | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

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An airport in Warsaw reopened around midday Tuesday after a bomb threat forced a passenger plane from London to make an unscheduled landing there, while another plane from Copenhagen was checked at another airport in Warsaw 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 one of their flights.

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 two threats were linked.

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

Also Tuesday, a plane flying from Israel landed at Sofia Airport, in the Bulgarian capital, after a bomb threat was received by email. Counterterrorism units were checking the plane for possible explosive devices, the BTA news agency quoted Interior Minister Secretary General Lyubomir Nikolov as saying.

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