No explosives found on Poland-Greece flight after bomb alert

Athens:

Greek police said on Sunday that they had found no explosives on a Ryanair flight from Poland following an earlier bomb threat.

A search of the passengers and the plane “did not turn up anything suspicious,” police said in a statement.

Greek officials said the Boeing 737 flight from Katowice with 190 people on board landed in Athens with an escort of two F-16 jets, having previously been shadowed by Hungarian warplanes.

Piotr Adamjic, public relations manager at Katowice airport, said he had received a telephone warning that the plane was flying over Slovakia.

“After the plane took off, a call was made to the airport information center about the possibility of an explosive device,” Adamjic told AFP.

The flight had landed in a different area at Athens International Airport shortly before 1600 GMT, about two and a half hours late.

It was earlier diverted to fly over the sea as it approached Athens as a precaution.

Ryanair said in a statement: “The crew onboard flight FR6385 traveling from Katowice to Athens was informed of a potential security threat onboard and, in line with security procedures, continued to Athens, where it was screened by the Greek authorities.” Landed safely before we met.”

It said, “Passengers disembarked normally.”

Greek warplanes scrambled to escort a Ryanair plane flying from Poland to Greece on Sunday after authorities received a bomb alert, officials said.

The source told AFP that two F-16 jets accompanied the plane flying from Katowice to Athens as it entered Greek airspace from North Macedonia.

The official said the Boeing 737 was earlier escorted by Hungarian warplanes.

The flight finally landed in a different area at Athens International Airport shortly before 1600 GMT, about two and a half hours late.