A series of bomb threats targeting commercial flights across Europe led to multiple plane diversions, with authorities recording a total of 20 affected aircraft.
Affected Flights and Diversions
The reported incidents involved numerous carriers operating routes across the continent. Among the impacted aircraft was an Aer Lingus flight traveling from Dublin to Rome, designated EI-DEH, which was diverted to Evreux in France. Several Ryanair services were also targeted, including flight FR1730 from London Stansted to Sofia, which diverted to Plovdiv in Bulgaria, alongside flights FR6410 from Madrid to Sofia and FR3606 from Copenhagen to Sofia.
Additional disruptions involved a LOT Polish Airlines service from Warsaw to Brussels, a WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Okęcie that landed in Vienna, Austria, and two Finnair flights operating from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino and Vienna respectively. EasyJet services from Glasgow and Newcastle to Prague, a Ryanair Dublin to Prague flight, and a Sky Express Athens to Prague service also appeared on the list of affected journeys.
Further Incidents Recorded Across European Airspace
The wave of alerts continued with a WizzAir flight from Milan-Malpensa to Bucharest, Aegean Airlines flights connecting Thessaloniki and Milan as well as Athens and Vienna, and a Ryanair service from Porto to Milan-Malpensa. Long-haul and regional routes operated by Iberia between Milan, Rome, and Madrid were also implicated, alongside an Air Europa journey from Madrid to Paris and an Air Serbia flight from Belgrade to Bucharest.
A final update to the tally was issued, bringing the total number of impacted commercial flights to 20 incidents managed by various aviation authorities and security teams across Europe.
