Bomb threat closes Warsaw Modlin airport after flight from Heathrow diverts

Polish authorities closed Warsaw Modlin airport on Tuesday after a bomb threat against a flight from London Heathrow.

• A LOT flight from Heathrow carrying 181 people landed safely at Modlin after reporting a bomb threat en route to Warsaw.
• A second flight from Copenhagen bound for Warsaw also reported a bomb threat, landing as scheduled at Chopin airport.
• The airport later said air operations had resumed and the threatened aircraft was being checked by authorities.
• The incident follows a Wizz Air flight from Luton that made an emergency landing in Budapest with a fighter escort after a bomb threat the previous day.