Bomb threat on a plane bound for Greece with 186 passengers generates terror in the air

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A Ryanair flight going from Poland to Greece with more than 190 people on board became a latent danger for several minutes, due to a bomb alert inside, so two Greek warplanes had to escort it.

“After the plane took off, a call came to the airport information center that pointed to the possible presence of an explosive device on board,” said Piotr Adamczyk, an official at the Katowice airport.

“We contacted air traffic control, who subsequently contacted the pilots,” he added.

According to the Ministry of Defense itself, the plane landed in an isolated part of Athens International Airport, where it was checked by a bomb disposal team.

After scrutiny, it was reported that no explosives were found, which is why it was classified as a “false alarm”.

“The competent services of the Greek police carried out a check on all the passengers, as well as the aircraft, without anything suspicious coming to light,” police were quoted as saying by the Athens-Macedonian news agency.

“The passengers disembarked and were sheltereds,” said Greek police spokeswoman Constantia Dimoglidou.

There were 186 passengers and 6 crew members who left the plane without taking their belongings with them. Firefighters and the Police inspected the aircraft and luggage.

Late in the afternoon, Greek police indicated that no explosive device had been found on board the plane.

The search of the passengers and the aircraft “did not lead to the discovery of anything suspicious,” the Greek police explained in a statement.

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