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<\/div>\nThe plane had earlier been escorted by Hungarian warplanes. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Greek police on Sunday said they had found no explosives on board a Ryanair flight from Poland, following an earlier bomb threat.<\/p>\n
A search of the passengers and the aircraft “did not find anything suspicious,” the police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Boeing 737 flight from Katowice with 190 people on board had landed in Athens with an escort of two F-16 jets, after earlier being shadowed by Hungarian warplanes, Greek officials said.<\/p>\n
Piotr Adamczyk, public relations manager at Katowice airport, said they had received a telephone warning as the plane was flying over Slovakia.<\/p>\n
“After the plane took off, there was a call to the airport information centre concerning the possible presence of an explosive device on board,” Adamczyk told AFP.<\/p>\n
The flight had landed at an isolated area at Athens International Airport shortly before 1600 GMT, a delay of nearly two-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n
It had earlier been diverted to fly over the sea as it approached Athens as a precaution.<\/p>\n
“Crew onboard flight FR6385 travelling from Katowice to Athens were notified of a potential security threat onboard and in line with safety procedures, continued to Athens where it landed safely before being met by the Greek authorities,” Ryanair said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Passengers disembarked normally,” it added.<\/p>\n
Greek warplanes scrambled Sunday to escort the Ryanair flight from Poland to Greece after a bomb alert was reported to authorities, officials said.<\/p>\n
Two F-16 jets escorted the flight, which took off from Katowice for Athens, as it entered Greek airspace from North Macedonia, the source told AFP.<\/p>\n
The Boeing 737 had earlier been escorted by Hungarian warplanes, the official added.<\/p>\n
The flight finally landed at an isolated area at Athens International Airport shortly before 1600 GMT, a delay of nearly two-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n
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