Bomb alert on London Heathrow plane closes Warsaw airport - The Independent

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A flight from London to Poland had to make an emergency landing after a bomb threat on Tuesday.

The plane, with 181 people on board, was diverted to Warsaw Modlin Airport after the alert. The airport remains closed until further notice following.

Warsaw Modlin Airport , which is around 25 miles north of central Warsaw, reported the unplanned landing of a plane from London Heathrow Airport due to information on an explosive device on board, it said in a statement.

The plane has landed safely and security services are verifying the reported threat.

Flight tracking website Flight Aware shows a Boeing 737 MAX 8 departing London Heathrow at 6.54 am on Tuesday and arriving at at Modlin-Warsaw at 9.59am local time.

This LOT Polish Airlines flight was originally heading to Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, a town in east-central Poland before it was diverted.