Ryanair jet subject of Polish bomb hoax

Polish police acting on a tip-off from a hoax caller searched a Ryanair jet for an explosive device but found nothing, police and the airline said.

A spokesman for Warsaw police said a 48-year-old man had been detained after the hoax call was traced to his home.

“This was an irresponsible prank,” the spokesman, Mariusz Mrozek, told Polish broadcaster TVN24.

Ryanair said the jet was on the tarmac at Warsaw’s Modlin airport, waiting to board for a flight to Oslo, when the call came in.

The airport was temporarily closed to incoming and outbound flights as a precaution.

Police bomb disposal officers were called in to conduct checks on the aircraft, but found no explosives.