Europe: Wave of bomb threats on planes - including a flight from Israel

A wave of bomb threats targeting aircraft in Europe: a plane arriving from Israel landed in Sofia after an email threat, and an SAS plane landed safely in Warsaw after a similar threat. Counter-terrorism units inspected the planes.

A wave of bomb threats against aircraft in Europe, including a flight arriving from Israel. A plane that landed in Sofia, Bulgaria, was inspected by counter-terrorism units after an email threat was received. In a separate incident, an SAS aircraft completed a flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw following a bomb threat and landed safely. The report quotes the Secretary-General of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, Lyubomir Nikolov, and a statement from SAS.