Bomb threat forces SAS flight to land safely in Warsaw
A Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw landed safely at Chopin Airport on Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat, the airline said.
Also in:Polski
A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw received a threat while airborne on Tuesday and landed as planned at Warsaw's Chopin Airport, the airline said. "The captain said a threat against the plane had been called in," a passenger on board told Danish outlet BT.
SAS communications chief Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji confirmed the threat but referred further questions to Polish police. "The flight has now landed as planned and without problems. Passengers have disembarked and the captain is informing passengers and crew. We are taking care of passengers and our colleagues according to our procedures," she told Swedish news agency TT.
The SAS threat came the same morning a Polish LOT flight from London, also bound for Chopin, diverted and made an emergency landing at Warsaw's smaller Modlin Airport following a separate bomb threat, Polish media reported. Two further flights received threats later on Tuesday: a flight from Israel that landed in Sofia, and a Ryanair flight from Manchester that landed in Murcia, Spain, according to Swedish outlet Sydsvenskan.
It was not clear who was behind the threats or whether they were linked, Sydsvenskan reported. A Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia had also been diverted to Budapest after a bomb threat the previous day, escorted by Hungarian fighter jets; no suspicious items were found, according to the BBC.
Follow this story
An email when there is a real update (a new toll, a cause, an arrest). Nothing else; stop with one click.
Free: one story at a time. Members follow as many stories as they like.
What we know
- Official · SAS An SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw received a bomb threat in the air on Tuesday and landed safely at Chopin Airport, the airline said.
- 2+ outlets · Sydsvenskan, Dagens Nyheter A separate LOT flight from London diverted to Modlin Airport the same morning after its own bomb threat.
- 2+ outlets · Sydsvenskan, Dagens Nyheter Two more flights, from Israel to Sofia and from Manchester to Murcia, also received bomb threats on Tuesday.
- 2+ outlets · Sydsvenskan, Dagens Nyheter It is not known who was behind the threats or whether they are connected.
Not yet confirmed
- Unconfirmed Whether the threats against the four flights are connected has not been established.
How each fact is established: Verified checked by an ECTV editorOfficial stated by an official body2+ outlets reported independently by two or more news organisations1 outlet reported by a single news organisation so farUnconfirmed claimed or reportedHow we label facts
Why it matters for Europe
The threat is one of at least four reported against flights in European airspace on the same day, following a similar bomb threat that diverted a Wizz Air flight to Budapest a day earlier, adding to a run of aviation security scares across the region this week.
Sources
Reported by 2 reports from 2 independent outlets in 1 countries.
- Sydsvenskan: Bekräftade uppgifter: Hot mot SAS-plan i luften
- Dagens Nyheter: SAS bekräftar: Hot mot flygplan i luften
Source balance
PremiumSee how the 2 outlets behind this story spread from left to right, and which are official or OSINT sources.
Intelligence file
PremiumSee how we verified this story
Confidence and impact scores, the full situation report and the event timeline.
Questions and answers
- What happened to the SAS flight?
- It received a bomb threat while flying from Copenhagen to Warsaw on Tuesday and landed safely at Chopin Airport, the airline said.
- Were there other similar incidents that day?
- Yes, flights from London to Modlin, from Israel to Sofia and from Manchester to Murcia also received bomb threats on Tuesday.
- Has anyone been identified as responsible?
- No. It is not known who made the threats or whether the incidents are linked, according to Swedish media.
This article was written with AI assistance from 2 verified reports and checked under the ECTV editorial policy. Spotted an error? Request a correction.