Keflavik airport received a message about a bomb threat. It happened just after UPS freighter Boeing 747-8F with registration N618UP diverted there, performing UPS flight UPS214 from Cologne (ICAO: EDDK) to Lousiville (ICAO: KSDF). The chief of the police in Southern Iceland Úlfar Lúðvíksson confirmed to journalists the fact of receiving the threat, MBL reports.
![Boeing 747-8F reg. N618UP, performing UPS flight UPS214 from Cologne EDDK to Lousiville KSDF, is diverting to Keflavik BIKF// Source: Flightradar24](https://flugblogg.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-29-at-01-54-40-Live-Flight-Tracker-Real-Time-Flight-Tracker-Map-Flightradar24-1160x615.png)
Several flights were put to holding areas while ground forces were investigating the threat. In the end, Airbus A321 with registration HA-LVH, performing WizzAir flight WZZ1539 from Warsaw (ICAO: EPWA), and Boeing 737-800NG with registration F-HTVI, performing Transavia flight TVF36HF from Paris (ICAO: LFPO), diverted to Egilsstaðir (ICAO: BIEG). Meanwhile, Airbus A321neo with registration D-AIEB, performing Lufthansa flight DLH8JF from Frankfurt (ICAO: EDDF), and Airbus A320neo with registration TF-PPD, performing Play flight FPY6F from Barcelona (ICAO: LEBL), turned back to Europe. Another Airbus A320neo with registration TF-PPA, performing Play flight FPY9B from Madrid (ICAO: LEMD), diverted to Akureyri (ICAO: BIAR).
Flugblogg’s sources in the airport say the bomb threat is related to the diverted freighter plane and at 00:30 UTC the situation is not resolved yet.
UPD(29.September 14:50UTC): The plane was checked and flights were allowed in Keflavik at 8:00UTC.
![Planes flying to Keflavik are diverting to other airports // Source: Flightradar24](https://flugblogg.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-29-at-03-12-27-Live-Flight-Tracker-Real-Time-Flight-Tracker-Map-Flightradar24-1160x641.png)
![Boeing 737-800 with registration F-HTVI, performing Transavia flight TVF36HF from Paris to Keflavik, diverted to Egilsstaðir // Source: Flightradar24](https://flugblogg.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-29-at-03-22-23-Live-Flight-Tracker-Real-Time-Flight-Tracker-Map-Flightradar24.png)
![Airbus A321 with registration HA-LVH, performing WizzAir flight WZZ1539 from Warsaw to Keflavik, diverted to Egilsstaðir // Source: Flightradar24](https://flugblogg.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-29-at-03-23-04-Live-Flight-Tracker-Real-Time-Flight-Tracker-Map-Flightradar24.png)