Two flights bound for Warsaw searched after bomb threat reports

Two flights under threat: what happened in Warsaw

On 3 November 2026, two passenger aircraft flying to Warsaw were searched after separate bomb threat reports, BBC News reports. One of the incidents led to the temporary closure of Modlin Airport on the northern outskirts of the Polish capital.

LOT flight from London

Modlin Airport said that a flight from London Heathrow, operated by the Polish airline LOT, declared an alert en route to Warsaw's main Chopin Airport and shortly afterwards landed in Modlin. There were 181 people on board. The Boeing 737 Max landed at 10:01 local time (09:01 GMT), and passengers later disembarked. The airport said air traffic had resumed and that the aircraft with a

SAS flight from Copenhagen

The second flight, from Copenhagen, also bound for Chopin Airport, reported a bomb threat — Danish media covered this. The SAS aircraft landed on schedule. A spokesperson for Chopin Airport said one of the taxiways on the apron was closed, but the airport's operations were not significantly affected.

Connection with the previous day's incident

The incidents occurred a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia made an emergency landing in Budapest escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet due to a bomb threat. The airline later said security checks had been carried out and nothing was found. Thus, over two days, threat reports affected at least three flights travelling from the UK to Central European countries; it was not reported at the time of publication whether the Warsaw cases were confirmed.

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