Overview
- A Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia was diverted to Budapest and escorted by Hungarian Gripen jets after a bomb threat on Monday, November 2, and landed safely with no explosives found.
- A wider wave of anonymous alerts on Tuesday, November 3, targeted at least six to eight passenger flights and prompted emergency landings, runway closures and on‑site searches in Poland, Spain, Italy and Bulgaria.
- Local police, counter‑terror teams and bomb squads inspected aircraft and terminals while military air‑defence services scrambled fighters to escort some jets, and all inspections so far have returned negative for explosives.
- UK officials described two UK‑origin cases on November 3 as “malicious hoax threats” and said national police and intelligence units are monitoring the incidents as part of coordinated responses.
- Authorities warn the false alerts can cause major operational disruption and say cross‑border investigations are continuing to trace the origin of the messages and to assess any wider security implications.