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| Ryanair plane grounded in Poland after bomb threat 'hoax' | Ryanair plane grounded in Poland after bomb threat 'hoax' |
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| A Ryanair passenger jet has been grounded at Warsaw's Modlin airport after a hoax bomb threat. | A Ryanair passenger jet has been grounded at Warsaw's Modlin airport after a hoax bomb threat. |
| A 48-year-old man was arrested after the call was traced to his home, Polish police said. | A 48-year-old man was arrested after the call was traced to his home, Polish police said. |
| Officials closed the airport to inbound flights while they inspected the plane, Ryanair said in a statement, but decided the call was a hoax. | Officials closed the airport to inbound flights while they inspected the plane, Ryanair said in a statement, but decided the call was a hoax. |
| The airline said it expected to release the aircraft - which was due to fly to Oslo - and reopen the airport shortly. | The airline said it expected to release the aircraft - which was due to fly to Oslo - and reopen the airport shortly. |
| "This was an irresponsible prank," Mariusz Mrozek, a police spokesman, told Polish broadcaster TVN24. | "This was an irresponsible prank," Mariusz Mrozek, a police spokesman, told Polish broadcaster TVN24. |
| The flight landed on Thursday morning at Modlin - a small, auxiliary airport in Warsaw used only by Ryanair - from Oslo and was due to return to Norway later in the day. | |
| A spokesman for the Ryanair said: "Warsaw Modlin Airport received an anonymous call that there was an explosive device on a Ryanair aircraft due to take off from Modlin to Oslo at 08.40hrs local. | A spokesman for the Ryanair said: "Warsaw Modlin Airport received an anonymous call that there was an explosive device on a Ryanair aircraft due to take off from Modlin to Oslo at 08.40hrs local. |
| "The airport security authorities ordered an immediate inspection of the aircraft (which hadn't yet boarded) and closed the airport to inbound arrivals as a security precaution. | "The airport security authorities ordered an immediate inspection of the aircraft (which hadn't yet boarded) and closed the airport to inbound arrivals as a security precaution. |
| "Warsaw Modlin believes this is a hoax call and expects the security sweep to confirm this fact. | "Warsaw Modlin believes this is a hoax call and expects the security sweep to confirm this fact. |
| "They expect to release the aircraft and reopen the airport shortly. Ryanair sincerely apologises to the customers of the outbound Oslo flight for any inconvenience caused by this hoax call." | "They expect to release the aircraft and reopen the airport shortly. Ryanair sincerely apologises to the customers of the outbound Oslo flight for any inconvenience caused by this hoax call." |