Vienna airport receives threat against four flights

Vienna Airport received an email containing an abstract threat against four flights on Thursday, ORF reported. Standard security protocols were followed, and the airport said flight operations were not affected.

A Wizz Air Airbus A321 flying from Milan-Malpensa to Warsaw made an unscheduled stop in Vienna after a threat was received in Poland, police spokesperson Stefan Loidl said. No suspicious objects were found after the plane landed, and it later left the airport.

Finnair also reported a bomb threat against a flight from Helsinki to Vienna. The flight, operated by Jettime, landed as scheduled.

Other flights across Europe were affected. A Finnair plane travelling from Helsinki to Rome was escorted by the Italian Air Force to its destination and landed at Rome-Fiumicino. Bulgarian reports said three planes made unscheduled landings because of bomb threats. A flight from Dublin to Rome landed at the French military airfield at Evreux, about 100 kilometres northwest of Paris, according to the French prime minister’s office.