Conflict & Security
Bomb threats across Europe force diversions of passenger flights for a second time this week
November 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
6 reports · 4 in Arabic, 2 in English
A series of bomb threats on Thursday forced the diversion of several flights across Europe, the second wave of such alerts this week.
- Aer Lingus flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome diverted to the Evreux air base in Normandy after a bomb threat and landed safely.
- A Finnair flight from Helsinki was escorted by two Italian air force fighter jets to Rome Fiumicino Airport after a bomb threat.
- Czech police said four planes heading to Prague received bomb threats and were preparing to land.
- On Tuesday, seven flights were targeted in a wave of bomb alerts, all found to be false with no explosives discovered.






