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Bomb threats against European flights ‘likely a coordinated campaign of disruption’, Ireland says – Europe live

Irish government issues statement in response to latest bomb threats against European flights after some Irish media organisations received similar threats Tell us: have you been affected by the bomb threats to flights in Europe?

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 7 sources•1 min read•Updated November 6, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC
Key points
  • More than 30 planes have been subjected to security alerts or diversions this week, with at least 25 more bomb threats on Thursday disrupting civil aviation across Europe.
  • More than a dozen flights from cities including Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw were confirmed to have been targeted with bomb threats.
  • At least a dozen flights were either diverted or landed with a military escort after bomb or security threats.

Media organisations in Ireland and UK also affected as apparently coordinated effort to cause chaos continues A fresh wave of bomb threats has disrupted air traffic across Europe but the affected planes landed safely and searches revealed no explosive devices.

Additional details
  • Security inspections reveal no explosives as fighter jets escort planes amid Europe's major wave of bomb threats.
  • At least 21 flights across Europe are affected in what the UK government calls a "malicious hoax threat".
  • With flights disrupted, how concerned should you be about your travel plans?
  • Dublin is hosting a high-level EU meeting in several days.

How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →

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