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Authorities in Poland inspected aircraft arriving from London and Copenhagen after bomb-threat alerts, while Warsaw-Modlin closed after a London-bound flight made an unplanned landing over a reported explosive-device threat. Other reports describe threats against flights across Europe, including a Ryanair service from Manchester to Murcia that landed safely.
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