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Spanish authorities began inspecting a “Ryanair” aircraft after a bomb threat involving a flight from Manchester that landed in Murcia on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency.
“Security procedures have been activated following a bomb threat involving a plane from Manchester that has landed in Murcia,” Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s representative in Murcia, wrote on the social media platform “X”.
Lucas said the 114 passengers and seven crew members had disembarked and were undergoing security checks, while the aircraft was being inspected.
The plane landed on schedule at Murcia International Airport in Corvera, airport operator “Aena” said.
Other flights continued to operate normally at the airport, “Aena” told regional newspaper “La Opinion de Murcia”.
Bomb threats involving flights were also reported in Poland and Bulgaria on Tuesday.
Warsaw Modlin Airport was temporarily closed after a threat involving a flight from London, the airport said.
In the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, counterterrorism officers were sent to inspect a plane arriving from Israel after authorities received a threat by email, local news agency BTA reported.
