114 passengers evacuated after Ryanair bomb threat forced emergency landing in Spain

A Ryanair aircraft flying from Manchester landed urgently at Murcia airport in southern Spain after receiving a bomb threat. The incident forced 114 passengers and seven crew members to leave the plane upon arrival.

The Spanish government delegate for the region, Francisco Lucas, confirmed via social media that the Civil Guard completed an inspection of the aircraft. He stated that officials ruled out the presence of explosives and that the airport had resumed normal operations.

The Manchester flight was one of four services affected by security alerts on Tuesday. Two other incidents involved aircraft arriving in Poland. A LOT plane originally bound for Warsaw-Chopin from London Heathrow was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin due to a threat. The Modlin airport closed temporarily but reopened around midday after security officials cleared the aircraft of any devices.

An SAS flight traveling from Copenhagen to Warsaw also received a bomb threat. That aircraft landed at Warsaw-Chopin, where staff conducted checks. The airport confirmed that no explosive device was found on board.

A fourth flight, departing from Israel, landed at Sofia airport in Bulgaria after operators received a threat by email. This incident added to a pattern of alerts that began the previous day. On Monday, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was diverted to Budapest following a similar security warning. Hungarian Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi announced that diversion on Facebook.

All four flights on Tuesday originated from or traveled through key European hubs. The Ryanair service from Manchester and the LOT flight from London Heathrow represented the two UK-based departures caught up in the wave of alerts. In every case where a full inspection was completed, authorities reported that no explosives were located on the aircrafts.