Fighter jets had been scrambled on Sunday following studies of a bomb on a Ryanair flight to Greece.
Two Greek F-16s escorted a Ryanair airplane from Katowice in Poland as a precaution after a bomb menace was reported on the flight, in response to the Greek Defence Ministry.
The plane, with greater than 190 folks on board, landed safely at 17:40 EET at Athens Worldwide Airport.
Firefighters and police surrounded the plane quickly after it landed at a distant a part of the airport, and it was inspected by the bomb squad, the Greek information company ANA mentioned.
Passengers had been taken off the airplane and had been searched, together with their baggage and the plane itself.
Two fighter jets intercepted the airliner belonging to the price range provider because it entered Greek airspace above North Macedonia, the Greek Defence Ministry instructed AFP. It had beforehand been escorted by Hungarian Air Power jets.
In an announcement, Ryanair instructed Euronews that after the crew was notified of a "potential safety menace onboard" they continued to Athens "according to security procedures."
"Passengers disembarked usually and native authorities carried out a typical safety search earlier than clearing the plane to return to service," the airline mentioned.
The origin of the bomb menace has not but been specified.
The warning is claimed to have been made quickly after the airplane departed from Poland.
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