File Photo: The plane, a Ryanair jet flying from Oslo to Warsaw, made an emergency landing at Modlin airport on June 25, 2015.
A passenger jet made an emergency landing at Modlin airport near Warsaw today because of a suspicion that there was an explosive substance on board, local police said.
The plane, a Ryanair jet which was flying from Oslo to Warsaw, landed safely and the 168 passengers on board 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 airport temporarily suspended all take-offs and landings.
"There was and is a suspicion of an explosive. The plane landed safely and no-one was injured. The plane is being checked by bomb disposal experts," said Szymon Kozniewski, a spokesman for the local police.
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