One passenger plane carrying 121 people from Heathrow was forced to make an emergency stop in Warsaw, while a Ryanair plane from Manchester made an emergency landing at Murcia airport in southern Spain
Several passenger planes across Europe have been inspected following a series of bomb threats. Two passenger planes have been inspected in Warsaw, and a third in Murcia in Spain.
Local media in Bulgaria say a plane flying from Israel has also landed at Sofia airport after a bomb threat was received by email. One flight from London Heathrow made an unscheduled landing in Warsaw Modlin airport where it was inspected by specialists. It was enroute to Warsaw’s main airport, Chopin, with 181 people on board.
A second flight from Copenhagen to Chopin airport also faced a bomb threat, Danish media reported.
Meanwhile, a Ryanair plane from Manchester made an emergency landing at Murcia airport in southern Spain, due to another threat.
That flight was reported to have had 121 people on board, including crew, according to the Spanish government’s delegate in the Murcia region, Francisco Lucas.
Lucas has subsequently reported the Civil Guard has ruled out there being explosives on the plane following an inspection. The airport is now resuming normal activity, he added in a post on X, thanking emergency teams.
It comes as Britain’s food supply has been targeted by mystery hackers as tonnes of frozen produce is dumped across Europe. Tech boffins confirmed UK supermarket fridges and freezers were hit in similar attacks across Europe.
The attack was confirmed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and now a top war expert has said it is right for Brits to start thinking about stockpiling essentials. The country’s top cyber chief Dr Richard Horne has backed Government warnings for Brits to stockpile essentials, with the stark warning “it’s your life, choose wisely”.
British retailers are now being warned by the NCSC as a matter of urgency to update the software on fridge temperature controls to try and stop any further attacks. It was previously confirmed that some UK meat suppliers had to throw out products as temperatures in fridges and freezers were raised to as high as 55C.
Crafty hackers disabled temperature alarms so managers were unaware the thermostats had been turned until it was too late and the food had to be dumped.
Other similar attacks have been seen across Europe and now tech boffs say the latest hit has the “same signature” as a similar attack a few weeks ago, exploiting outdated systems and targeting our food systems.