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Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin

An SAS flight from Copenhagen also reported a threat as authorities investigated.

AI-assisted coverage comparison, editor-supervised · How this was made

Published
Warsaw–Modlin is an international airport located north of central Warsaw, Poland. (Supplied: Wikimedia Commons)

What this story says

  • A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London to Warsaw landed at Warsaw-Modlin airport on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, after a bomb threat was reported on board.
  • The aircraft was a Boeing 737 MAX with 181 people on board, who were evacuated.
  • Warsaw-Modlin airport was temporarily closed following the incident.
  • An SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw also reported a bomb threat and was being checked at Warsaw, Chopin airport.

Who covered it

Left 26%(21)Centre 30%(25)Right 44%(36)

Percentages are shares of the 82 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 112 of the 194 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

45/100

194 sources · methodology

A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London to Warsaw made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, after a bomb threat alert. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX with 181 people on board, was evacuated. Warsaw-Modlin airport was temporarily closed as security services investigated the threat, but later resumed operations. Separately, an SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw also reported a bomb threat and was being checked at Warsaw, Chopin airport.

Disagreement on passenger numbers

Reports vary on the exact number of passengers on the LOT flight. ABC Australia, Mediafax, and The Straits Times state there were 181 people on board. My London reports 180 passengers. Origo states there were 118 passengers.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention the specific time the LOT flight landed at Warsaw-Modlin airport. None of the centre-rated digests mention the specific time the LOT flight landed at Warsaw-Modlin airport. None of the right-rated digests mention the specific time the LOT flight landed at Warsaw-Modlin airport.

Tags:#BombThreat#AviationSafety#LOTPolishAirlines#WarsawAirport#SAS

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 3 Nov 2026, 12:45, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

21 rated outlets

  • Eight left-rated reports led with the bomb threat and the unscheduled landing of the LOT flight from London. ABC Australia, der Standard AT, fakti.bg, The Independent (US), and in.gr all highlighted the closure of Warsaw-Modlin airport due to the bomb threat. Irish Mirror and IndexHR also focused on the diversion of the LOT flight. El Periódico and antena3.ro mentioned the incident as the second bomb alert in less than 24 hours in Europe.

Centre

25 rated outlets

  • Seven centre-rated reports focused on the diversion of the LOT flight from London to Warsaw-Modlin due to a bomb threat. El Periódico, 24ur.com, My London, Evening Standard, and The Economic Times all reported the unscheduled landing and the subsequent closure of Warsaw-Modlin airport. 24ur.com and The Economic Times also noted the investigation by security services. LRT.lt reported the incident citing The Independent newspaper.

Right

36 rated outlets

  • Six right-rated reports highlighted the bomb threat and the resulting airport closure. Dagens Nyheter reported on the SAS flight threat and mentioned another aircraft making an emergency landing in Warsaw. The Straits Times reported on bomb threats to two passenger planes heading to Warsaw. Anadolu Ajansı and Cyprus Mail focused on the diversion of the Boeing 737 MAX from Warsaw Chopin Airport. Realitatea.net and Origo also reported the bomb alert and the diversion of the LOT flight.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin?
Of the 82 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 26% are rated left, 30% are rated centre, 44% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 194. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 82 rated outlets on this story, 26% are rated left, 30% are rated centre, 44% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin biased?
Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin is one event reported by 194 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Bomb threat forces LOT flight to land at Warsaw-Modlin?
194 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What happened on the LOT Polish Airlines flight?
A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London to Warsaw made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, due to a bomb threat. The 181 passengers and crew were evacuated, and the airport was temporarily closed for investigation.
Was there another bomb threat reported?
Yes, an SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw also reported a bomb threat. This flight was being checked at Warsaw, Chopin airport while the incident at Warsaw-Modlin was being investigated.
How many people were on the LOT flight?
Most reports state there were 181 people on board the LOT Polish Airlines flight. One report mentioned 180 passengers, and another stated 118 passengers.

Read it at the source

194 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

21
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Centre

25
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Right

36
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Not rated

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