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Vienna Airport received an email on Thursday containing a vague threat targeting four flights, according to local media reports cited by Anadolu Agency.
Some of the flights were scheduled to depart from or arrive at Italian airports. A “Wizz Air” “Airbus A321” flying from Milan-Malpensa to Warsaw made an unscheduled landing in Vienna.
No suspicious objects were found after the aircraft landed at Vienna International Airport. It departed again later that morning.
“Finnair” said one of its flights from Helsinki to Vienna had also received a bomb threat. The flight, operated by “Jettime”, landed in Vienna as scheduled.
Threats and diversions across Europe
A separate “Finnair” flight travelling from Helsinki to Rome also received a bomb threat. The Italian Air Force escorted the aircraft safely to its destination, and it landed at Rome-Fiumicino Airport.
Three planes made unscheduled landings at airports in Bulgaria, according to local media reports. Two — one travelling from Copenhagen and the other from Madrid — landed in Sofia, while a third, from London, landed in Plovdiv.
A “Aer Lingus” “Airbus A320” flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France. It landed safely at the Evreux military airfield in Normandy.
Earlier threats affected flights and a cruise ship
At least seven planes and a cruise ship were affected by similar threats on Tuesday. The alerts disrupted operations at several airports and affected flights operated by “LOT Polish Airlines”, “SAS”, “Wizz Air” and “Ryanair”.
