Bomb threat diverts planes flying over Europe in second such event this week
- On Thursday, November 5, 2026, more than a dozen flights across Europe made emergency landings or diversions following unfounded bomb threats, with targeted routes from Dublin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Milan, Madrid, and Warsaw.
- These incidents follow hoax threats earlier this week, continuing a wave of "disruption" that authorities linked to increased geopolitical tensions and hybrid threats including drone incursions across Europe.
- An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to a French military base in Evreux, where 151 passengers and six crew members were safe; Finnair confirmed two flights landed normally after inspections.
- Czech police deployed to Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport to secure four incoming planes following threats, with searches of aircraft across the continent uncovering no hazardous or suspicious materials.
- Three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, faced emergency landings due to threats; two landed at Sofia's Vasil Levski Airport while a third diverted to Plovdiv, Plovdiv Airport CEO Krassimir Peshev confirmed.
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Europe Hit With Another Round of Bomb Threats
Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats, authorities said. At least eight flights from Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, and Warsaw were confirmed to have been targeted with bomb threats, reports the AP , with most diverted to other airports for emergency...
Aer Lingus Horror: 157 People Diverted To French Military Base After Mid-Air Bomb Threat
An Aer Lingus passenger plane carrying 157 people was forced to make an emergency diversion to a French military air base after a bomb threat was reported during its journey from Ireland to Italy. The Airbus A320, operating flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome, landed safely at Évreux-Fauville Air Base in Normandy on Thursday, 5 November. French authorities confirmed that all 151 passengers and six crew members had been moved to a secure location wh…
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Hoax bomb threats hit European flights for third day
Italian, French and Bulgarian fighter jets scrambled Thursday as at least 14 European flights were hit by hoax bomb alerts for the third day this week, authorities and airlines said.
A single e-mail signed by the "Masculine State fighters" has triggered the alert on flights Helsinki-Rome and Dublin-Rome. Hunt of the Air Force in flight, an aircraft forced to land in Normandy. In all, at least eight flights involved in Europe. The article Alarm bomb, European flights hijacked or escorted by the fighters: "We want to annihilate you" comes from The Truth.
Wave of bomb threats forces emergency landings across Europe amid fears of hybrid attacks
A fresh wave of bomb threats forced airliners across Europe to divert and make emergency landings Thursday, the second such barrage in a single week, as authorities warn of widespread hybrid threats on the continent.The threats targeted more than a dozen flights departing from Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, Warsaw and other cities, the Associated Press reported. Searches so far have found nothing dangerous. In one case, an Aer Ling…
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