Key facts
- Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to Evreux air base on November 5 after a bomb alert, per the French prime minister's office.
- Spain's Guardia Civil said three email threats affected six flights at Madrid-Barajas on November 5, including four Iberia and two Air Europa flights.
- Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna diverted to Sofia on October 18; a Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 escorted it and no threat was found.
- A Wizz Air flight from Milan/Bergamo to Sofia landed safely on November 3 with 176 passengers; no explosive devices were found.
- Four Ryanair flights were affected by bomb threats on November 3, prompting searches in Italy, Spain and Bulgaria.
- LOT said a Warsaw-Paris flight was stopped while taxiing on November 5 and continued with a different aircraft; no dangerous items were found.
A series of bomb threats disrupted passenger flights across Europe over recent days, prompting diversions, emergency landings and security searches, though no explosives were found in the inspections reported.
On November 5, an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to the Evreux air base in northern France following a bomb alert, the French prime minister's office said. Spain's Guardia Civil said three threats sent by email affected six flights at Madrid-Barajas airport, including four Iberia flights from Rome and Milan and two Air Europa departures to Paris; the threat was ruled out after inspection.
An Aegean Airlines flight from Thessaloniki was affected by an alert after it landed at Milan Malpensa on November 5; a spokeswoman said inspections found nothing suspicious. An Air Serbia flight from Belgrade landed safely in Bucharest after receiving a threat. A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome was escorted by Italian air force units and landed normally, ANSA reported, while a Jettime-operated flight from Helsinki landed safely in Vienna after a threat, a Finnair spokesperson said.
Two easyJet flights from Newcastle and Glasgow were met by police on arrival in Prague as a precaution, with passengers disembarking normally, a spokesperson said. A LOT flight from Warsaw landed safely in Brussels after an alert, a Belgian police source said; a Warsaw-Paris flight was stopped while taxiing and continued with a different aircraft.
Ryanair flights from Porto to Milan and Cork to London Stansted, and three aircraft in Bulgaria, were checked. Wizz Air said a flight from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni received a threat on final approach but landed safely. Earlier, a Wizz Air flight from Milan/Bergamo to Sofia landed safely with 176 passengers and no devices found, and a London to Sofia flight diverted to Budapest on November 2, Bulgaria's transport ministry and defense minister said.