Bomb threats force diversions of European passenger flights
Threats against flights run by Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Finnair, LOT, SAS and Austrian Airlines led to emergency landings and security searches in recent days. No explosives have been found so far.
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to Évreux in France with 151 passengers and six crew. A Ryanair flight from Dublin to Sofia, with 185 passengers, landed safely after a threat. A Wizz Air flight from Milan/Bergamo to Sofia, with 176 passengers, also landed safely.
Four Ryanair flights were affected by bomb threats on 3 November. Rome airport operator ADR said potential threats were made against two Ryanair flights, from Lisbon and Dublin, which were searched at Fiumicino airport. ADR said the alert was cleared and the airport itself was not under threat.
Francisco Lucas, the government delegate in Murcia, Spain, said a flight from Manchester to Murcia had a bomb threat alert. All people left the aircraft and security forces inspected it. A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London landed unscheduled at Warsaw-Modlin.
Polish authorities said the threat against an SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw was not confirmed. A Finnair spokesperson said its plane landed as normal. Austrian Airlines said a search of its Tel Aviv to Vienna flight, which diverted to Sofia on 18 October, found no threat. The flight later continued to Vienna.
Key facts
- Who
- Francisco Lucas (government delegate in Murcia, Spain); ADR (airport operator at Rome's Fiumicino airport); Aer Lingus (airline whose Dublin-Rome flight was diverted to Évreux); Finnair (airline whose Helsinki-Rome flight was threatened)
- What
- Bomb threats against several airlines' flights across Europe caused diversions, emergency landings and security searches in early November 2026 and in some cases in October; the article lists the affected flights, and no explosives were reported found.
- When
- 5 November 2026
- Where
- Europe, Ireland, France
- Status
- Reported