The bomb warning on her Boeing ended up being false. Ryanair which started from Poland with 192 passengers on board.

According to sources at the airport, they were successfully completed at 19:20. the controls of the aircraft on the Katowice – Athens flight.

EL.AS announcement.

The Hellenic Police Headquarters announces that as part of an investigation into the presence of an explosive device on a company plane flying from a foreign country to Athens, the plane, by decision of the Airport Security Committee, accompanied by fighter jets, landed safely this afternoon (January 22, 2023 .) at Athens International Airport. Venizelos.”

Subsequently, the competent services of the Greek police checked all the passengers, as well as the aircraft, but nothing suspicious was found.

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The aircraft landed, escorted by F16s, at 17:40. on the “Eleftherios Venizelos” after the bomb signal, where the process of evacuation and checking of passengers immediately began.

The plane, which was escorted by a pair of Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighters in accordance with protocol, was en route from Katowice, Poland, to Athens.

According to the police, the aircraft landed on a remote section of the runway, indicated by the Greek authorities, away from other aircraft.

The fire department, a special TEEM department and a strong police force arrived on the scene.

Information about the bomb, according to ERT, existed from the moment it exploded, after which an alarm was declared at NATO headquarters. Immediately Hungarian fighters and Greek F-16s were ordered to escort him.