Key facts
- A Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was diverted to Venice and landed there on Friday, an airport authority source said.
- ANSA reported the bomb alert came from a phone call to Rome Fiumicino's control tower; the source denied this.
A Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was diverted to Venice and landed there on Friday, November 6, 2026, after a bomb scare, an airport authority source said in a Reuters report.
ANSA news agency earlier reported that the bomb alert message came from a phone call to Rome Fiumicino airport's control tower. The airport authority source denied that this was the case.
The report did not say how many people were on board, whether the aircraft was searched, or what happened to passengers after landing. It also did not identify the source of the alert.