Hoax bomb threats affect at least 20 European flights in a week
Summary
At least 15 commercial flights across Europe faced bomb threats on Thursday, bringing the number affected this week to more than 20. The planes landed safely or were diverted, and authorities reported finding no explosives or suspicious items in the searches described in the article; officials had not identified who was behind the threats.Key Facts
- An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to a French military air base, where all 151 passengers and six crew members left the plane safely.
- A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome received a fighter-jet escort, and Rome's main airport paused flights for 30 minutes.
- Wizz Air flights bound for Warsaw and Bucharest were targeted; both landed safely, with the Warsaw-bound flight rerouted to Vienna.
- A LOT flight from Warsaw to Brussels landed safely, and a security check found no hazardous or suspicious items.
- Three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia made emergency landings in Bulgaria; authorities reported finding no explosives or suspicious items.
- Four flights headed to Prague landed and were checked, with police reporting no explosives or suspicious devices.
- Flights arriving in Milan from Thessaloniki and Porto landed safely after bomb alerts; technicians were inspecting the planes.
- At least seven other flights had received bomb threats earlier in the week, and some threats were sent to airlines by email.
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