Overview
- On Thursday Nov. 5 multiple commercial flights across Europe received bomb-threat messages that led to diversions and emergency landings.
- Confirmed diversions included Aer Lingus EI402 from Dublin to Rome diverted to the Évreux military base, a Wizz Air Milan–Warsaw flight sent to Vienna, and a Ryanair London–Sofia service routed to Plovdiv.
- Security teams inspected affected aircraft and found no explosives so far, and several authorities described many of the alerts as low credibility.
- Airports and militaries used standard safety measures such as escorts by military jets and reroutes to military or alternate civilian fields while airlines worked to rebook passengers.
- The incidents follow an earlier wave this week that also produced multiple inspections and no explosive finds, and they highlight how hoax threats can still cause wide disruption and strain cross‑border aviation coordination.