FIGHTER jets have been scrambled following reports of a bomb threat on a Ryanair flight carrying 190 passengers to Greece.
The Greek F-16s escorted the Ryanair plane from Katowice in Poland as a precautionary measure after a bomb threat was reported on the flight, the Greek Defence Ministry said.
2
2
The flight landed safely at Athens International Airport at 5.40pm, local time.
Police and firefighters surrounded the plane after it landed at a remote spot at the airport and was inspected by the bomb squad, ANA, a Greek news agency, reported.
Passengers were taken off the plane and searched, as well as their luggage and the aircraft itself.
