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Multiple European flights face bomb threats for second time this week

BBC • November 5, 2026 • general

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Multiple European flights to Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, and Czechia faced bomb threats for the second time this week, causing diversions and security escorts, though no explosives were found.
Aer Lingus flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a French airbase as a precaution, while Finnair flights from Helsinki to Rome and Vienna landed safely with Italian fighter jet escorts.
Wizz Air and Ryanair flights experienced emergency alerts or diversions, with bomb threats also reported on flights landing in Prague and Brussels; all aircraft were searched and cleared.
Aviation experts suggest the threats are likely hoaxes aimed at disrupting air travel, with authorities treating each incident seriously despite no evidence of explosives.
The UK government labeled the incidents as "malicious hoax threats," following a series of similar bomb threat incidents earlier in the week affecting flights from the UK and other European countries.

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