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Poland's Largest Airport Evacuated Over Bomb Threat

© AP Photo / Czarek SokolowskiThe world's largest cargo plane, the Soviet-made Antonov An-225 Mrija, lands in Warsaw's Frederic Chopin airport with a $15 million worth cargo of protective masks, outfits and visors that were bought by Poland's state-owned companies for hospitals fighting the coronavirus spread, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 14, 2020.
The world's largest cargo plane, the Soviet-made Antonov An-225 Mrija, lands in Warsaw's Frederic Chopin airport with a $15 million worth cargo of protective masks, outfits and visors that were bought by Poland's state-owned companies for hospitals fighting the coronavirus spread, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.04.2021
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WARSAW (Sputnik) - The evacuation of passengers has started from the Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland's biggest airport, over a bomb threat, Dagmara Bielec-Janas, spokesperson for the Polish Border Guard, told reporters.

"The services of the Warsaw Chopin Airport have received information that an explosive device may be on board one of the planes," she said.

The spokesperson added that the evacuation of passengers was underway. Bomb squad officers are searching the aircraft mentioned in the received message.

Another spokesperson, Piotr Rudzki, said that the bomb threat message concerned a Turkish Airlines plane that had arrived in Warsaw from Istanbul. According to Twitter account FlightMode, an Airbus A319 flight bound for Istanbul was about to take off from the airport, but made a stop on the apron.
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