Wizz Air flight W61515 from Warsaw to Oslo was diverted to Gdansk airport and parked in a remote location at the airport on Wednesday afternoon, reports Flightradar24.
according to local fire department assisted the Wizz Air plane with an emergency landing at the airport.
The Polish newspaper Interia events also confirms the emergency landing.
– The plane that went from Warsaw to Oslo has had an emergency landing at Gdansk airport, and the evacuation of passengers is underway, Agnieszka Michajłow, who is the spokesperson for the airport, told the newspaper.
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Police confirm that the evacuation was successful in an update on Twitter. They have several patrols on site, along with a border guard.
Wizz Air informs TV 2 that the plane received a bomb threat, and that was why it had to make an emergency landing.
– The plane received an anonymous bomb threat which said that there were explosives on board, and was redirected to Gdansk after an assessment of the threat, says communications manager Paulina Gosk in Wizz Air to TV 2.
She says that the crew on board the plane and the control center followed the current protocols for such incidents.
– The plane landed safely in Gdansk, and after the authorities had carried out the necessary investigations, the threat turned out to be false, she says.
The plane will set course for Torp Sandefjord Airport as soon as possible.
– We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to the passengers, but the safety of the passengers, crew and aircraft is the company’s first priority, says Gosk.
Flightradar24 reports that a number of aircraft were diverted due to the emergency landing.
At 16.45 the airport in Gdansk announces that everything is back to normal.
SAS aircraft redirected
Among those affected by the airport being closed for a period on Wednesday afternoon was a SAS plane bound for Copenhagen to Gdansk.
– The airport was closed by the authorities due to a bomb threat. The plane was on hold for a while to see if the situation was clarified, but then it went to Warsaw, says communications manager at SAS, John Eckhoff.
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