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Multiple planes diverted as bomb threats to commercial flights reported across Europe – as it happened

Dozens of flights across Europe reported bomb threats on Thursday for the second time this week, disrupting air travel across London, Dublin, and Helsinki.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 5 sources•1 min read•Updated November 5, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC
Key points
  • At least a dozen flights were either diverted or landed with a military escort after bomb or security threats.
  • More than a dozen flights from cities including Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw were confirmed to have been targeted with bomb threats.
  • EU transport commissioner says ‘too early’ to say if bomb threats to 20 flights are linked Tell us: have you been affected by the bomb threats?

Hoax bomb threats hit at least 27 affected flights around Europe this week.

Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats.

Additional details
  • And the Italian news agency Ansa reported that two more planes with links to Italy were affected by bomb threats this morning: that’s a WizzAir service from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw, which reportedly landed in Vienna, and a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino.
  • The series of warnings on Thursday affected flights between Italy, Ireland, the UK, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, France, Greece, Serbia and Czechia.
  • Belgian newspaper Le Soir also reported a bomb threat against a LOT Polish Airline flight from Warsaw, which now landed at Zaventem.
  • The first reported case involved a flight from Dublin to Rome landing outside Paris and more soon followed.

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