Athens-Greece-January 22, 2023

After the authorities received a report that there was a bomb on board

The plane belonging to the company "Ryanair", which was carrying out a flight between Poland and Greece with 190 people on board, Greek officials announced that two F-16 warplanes escorted The plane, which took off from Katowice heading for Athens, entered Greek airspace from North Macedonia, as two Hungarian fighters had accompanied the Boeing 737 earlier.

The plane then landed at an isolated location on the tarmac of Athens International Airport just before 16: 00 GMT, after two and a half hours behind schedule.

"The passengers have been disembarked and are being searched,"Greek police spokeswoman Constantia demoglidou said.

"There were 190 people on board, including crew members. The plane will be inspected after the passengers".

Director of Public Relations at Katowice airport Piotr Adamczyk said that the airport authorities received a telephone call that there was a bomb on board the plane while flying over Slovakia.

"After the plane took off, a call was received to the Information Center at the airport about the possible presence of an explosive device on board,"he said.

"We contacted the control tower, which in turn contacted the pilots,"he added.