Aer Lingus Flight Diverted to France After Bomb Threat, Amid Wave of Threats Across Europe
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France on November 5, 2026, after a bomb threat, and landed safely at the Évreux military base. France's prime minister's office confirmed that 151 passengers and six crew were moved to a safe place at the base, and that a bomb squad unit, a team trained to inspect suspicious objects, was in place to examine the aircraft. The Guardian
The Airbus A320 was due to land in Rome at 10:35am, according to GB News. Air traffic control notified the crew of the threat on board at 7:56am.
Other flights were affected on the same day. A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Vienna, AY1471, received a bomb threat and landed safely in Vienna. A LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw landed at Brussels Airport after a bomb threat. A spokesperson for the airport confirmed it had received a suspicious report about a flight, which the reports identified as LO235, a service that left Warsaw that morning (Le Soir).
In Bulgaria, up to three incidents involving bomb threats against planes in the country's airspace, the sky under its air traffic control, were reported. All three involved Ryanair flights. Two flights, one from Copenhagen and one from Madrid, landed in Sofia, and a flight from London Stansted was diverted to Plovdiv airport.
Earlier in the week, seven planes across Europe were searched or diverted after bomb threats affecting LOT Polish Airlines, SAS, Wizz Air and Ryanair flights. Of eight bomb-threat incidents in recent days, four targeted planes flying to or from Italy. Three of those Italian-linked flights were bound for Rome, two from Dublin and one from Lisbon, and one came from Milan Bergamo. Separately, false bomb alarms in Italy affected 280 schools.
Al Jazeera reported that searches of European flights that received bomb threats in early November found no explosive devices. An Israel-bound cruise ship also received a bomb threat in early November, alongside the threats against flights.
