Bomb threats on flights in Europe cause disruption but no devices found

At least four flights in Europe were subjected to bomb threats on Tuesday after one ​on Monday, forcing some to divert and an ‌airport in Poland to briefly close, although no confirmed devices were discovered. Authorities diverted a LOT flight from London that was meant to land ​at Warsaw’s Chopin airport to another nearby airport, ​Modlin, which was briefly closed while the plane was ⁠searched. Modlin airport said it had reopened after no ​device was found. Another Warsaw-bound flight, an SAS flight from Copenhagen, ​landed at Chopin as scheduled. Chopin airport said no device was found and the airport remained operational. In the Bulgarian capital Sofia, a plane ​flying from Israel landed after a bomb threat was received ​by email. Counter-terrorism units were checking the plane for possible explosive devices, ‌BTA ⁠news agency quoted Interior Ministry Secretary General Lyubomir Nikolov as saying. A day earlier, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest airport after receiving a bomb threat, Hungarian ​Defence Minister ​Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said ⁠in a Facebook post. Parts of an airport in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, were cordoned off ​on Tuesday after a bomb threat was ​reported on ⁠a Ryanair flight from Manchester. But officials said the report proved to be a hoax, and the airport resumed normal ⁠operations ​after authorities found no explosives on ​board.