EasyJet flight from Newcastle met by police in Prague amid bomb threats

Summarised from Cumberland News's report · Updated 5 Nov, 22:21 · Archive

An easyJet flight from Newcastle was met by police as it landed in Prague on Thursday following a bomb threat. The incident was among at least a dozen flights targeted with bomb threats across Europe the same day, with services from Copenhagen, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw also affected.

Other flights were diverted as a result of the threats. A Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Sofia was diverted and landed safely in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to northern France as a security precaution. EasyJet confirmed that two of its flights, from Newcastle and Glasgow, were met by police on arrival in Prague on Thursday. The threats followed earlier hoax security alerts affecting several planes, including some departing from the UK and Ireland.

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• Bomb threat prompts police response to landing Newcastle flightAn easyJet flight was met by police as it arrived in Prague today amid ongoing bomb threats.Cumberland News · 5 Nov, 17:31

In this story: easyJet · Newcastle · Prague · Ryanair · London Stansted · Sofia · Plovdiv · Aer Lingus

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