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Why did it land at Modlin?
The LOT flight was diverted to Modlin because it's a smaller airport near Warsaw, often used by budget airlines, and crucially, it has the facilities to handle an emergency landing and security sweep without disrupting the much larger Warsaw Chopin Airport. This minimises wider travel chaos during a bomb alert.
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