Wave of Bomb Threats Disrupts Flights Across Europe

Fox News foreign correspondent Jeff Paul reported a series of bomb threats that forced multiple flights in Europe to divert or make emergency landings. The affected airlines included Aer Lingus, Finnair, and Wizz Air. Previous security warnings were classified by authorities as hoaxes.

On Thursday, several planes across Europe were forced to redirect due to bomb threats, all of which were unfounded. At least 11 planes were involved, departing from cities such as Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, and Warsaw. The origins of these threats remain unclear.

These incidents followed earlier warnings on Tuesday that the U.K. government labeled as ‘malicious hoax threats.’ The Czech Police stated on X that they were preparing for the arrival of four aircraft heading to Prague after receiving bomb threats. Inspections yielded no dangerous findings, assessing the threat as low.

The threats occurred amid European officials attributing ‘hybrid attacks’ and sabotage acts to Russia and Iran, though both nations deny involvement, as reported by Reuters.

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In one case, a flight from Dublin to Rome was redirected to a military air base in Normandy, France. The plane landed safely, and all 151 passengers and six crew members disembarked without issue, according to the French Prime Minister’s office.

A LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels landed uneventfully, with no suspicious items found upon inspection, according to the airline.

Similarly, a Wizz Air flight from Milan to Bucharest landed safely after a bomb threat, as confirmed by an airport spokesperson. A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome also received a bomb threat, but nothing hazardous was discovered upon inspection in Rome.

Three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, had to make emergency landings. Two flights, one from Copenhagen and the other from Madrid, landed safely at Sofia’s Vasil Levski Airport. The third, from London’s Stansted Airport, diverted to Plovdiv and landed safely there, as noted by Plovdiv Airport’s CEO.

Greg Norman, a reporter at Fox News Digital, contributed additional information.