New Wave of Bomb Threats Hits at Least 25 Passenger Flights Across Europe; Planes Diverted or Escorted by Fighter Jets, All Proved Hoaxes
PARIS/ROME/BRUSSELS — Airlines across Europe received a new wave of bomb threats on Thursday morning, November 5, 2026, the second this week, with at least 25 flights affected and several making unplanned landings or flying under fighter jet escort; none of the threats proved genuine, and no explosive device was found. There has been no claim of responsibility, and no country has attributed blame.
Reuters reported that Aer Lingus flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome landed safely at Evreux air base in France, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Paris, after being diverted as a security precaution; three aircraft were affected in Bulgaria, where Ryanair planes from Copenhagen and Madrid landed in Sofia under Bulgarian fighter jet escort while a flight from London was diverted to Plovdiv, the country's second-largest city; Czech police said four airplanes heading to Prague had received bomb threats, which they assessed as low in credibility; Italy's air force escorted a Finnair plane from Helsinki to its scheduled landing in Rome, and Finnair said another flight from Helsinki to Vienna had also been threatened; Spain's Guardia Civil said three emailed bomb threats arrived within 20 minutes from around 9 a.m., involving two Air Europa departures from Madrid to Paris and four inbound Iberia flights from Rome and Milan; Polish airline LOT said a flight from Warsaw to Brussels landed safely at its destination with no suspicious items found; a Wizz Air flight from Milan landed safely in Bucharest, while another from Milan to Warsaw was diverted to Vienna; and two EasyJet flights from Britain, one from Ireland and one from Greece landed as scheduled in Prague after receiving bomb threats.
On Tuesday, at least seven flights and a cruise ship had already received bomb threats, disrupting airports across Europe, with no devices discovered; the British government called them "malicious hoax threats." Air France-KLM Chief Executive Ben Smith said on Thursday he had never previously seen threats reported in such a coordinated fashion; Eurocontrol, the European air traffic coordinator, said it was monitoring the situation and working closely with airlines, airports and air navigation service providers. European officials have recently accused Russia and Iran of "hybrid attacks" and sabotage, but there is currently no public evidence linking this week's threats to any specific state or organization.
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