Poland plane emergency landing: Explosives claim a hoax

A passenger jet made an emergency landing at Modlin airport near Warsaw on Wednesday because of a suspicion that there was an explosive substance on board, a spokesman for the local police said.

Warsaw: Ryanair said on Thursday an anonymous caller reported there was an explosive device on board one of its aircraft in Poland but that the report was a hoax.

A Polish police spokeswoman said a security sweep of the aircraft at Warsaw`s Modlin airport had found no evidence of any explosive. 

The passenger jet made an emergency landing at Modlin airport near Warsaw on Wednesday because of a suspicion that there was an explosive substance on board, a spokesman for the local police had earlier said.

The plane, a Ryanair jet which was flying from Oslo to Warsaw, landed safely and the passengers have disembarked, according to Magdalena Bojarska, a spokeswoman for the airport.

She said the captain had radioed the airport requesting clearance to make an emergency landing. The police spokesman said the plane was being checked by bomb disposal experts.