Posted by Chinenye on Thu 05th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
Several flights across Europe have been disrupted after receiving fake bomb threats for three consecutive days.
(Austrian Airlines. photo by channels Tv)
More than 12 planes across Europe received fake bomb threats on Thursday, Forcing some flight to land at different airports.
Authorities and airlines said it was the third day of mass bomb alerts this week.
The threats mostly targeted low-cost airlines and flights linked to Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Italy.
Italian, French and Bulgarian fighter jets scrambled to escort the planes.
Italian air force jets escorted a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome.
French fighters guided an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome to a military base outside Paris.
Bulgaria's air force escorted three planes that had been threatened.
Three flights were diverted in total.
All the jets landed safely, and no explosives were found.
More than 20 hoaxes have been reported this week.
Ryanair has been hit by at least seven of them.
Three Ryanair flights heading to Sofia from Madrid, Copenhagen and London Stansted received threats.
Two landed in Sofia.
The London flight was diverted to Plovdiv Airport.
All three were checked and no explosives were found.
A Wizz Air flight from Milan to Warsaw was diverted to Vienna after a threat.
Another Wizz Air flight from Milan to Bucharest landed safely, and a crisis team was set up at the Romanian airport.
Four flights bound for Prague, operated by Ryanair, EasyJet and Sky Express, were also threatened.
Czech police said they believe the threats are not credible but are taking all necessary security steps.
Two planes that landed in Copenhagen were also targeted, and police there said there was no danger.
The source of the threats is still unknown.
The attacks come amid a rise in hybrid threats in Europe, which authorities sometimes link to Russia or Iran.
These include sabotage, cyber attacks, drone incidents and espionage.
Earlier this week, 10 flights were hit by hoax bomb threats on Tuesday.
The alerts forced the closure of an airport in Warsaw and led Italy to send jets to guard flights.
An airplane flying from London to Bulgaria had to make an emergency landing in Hungary because someone claimed there was a bomb on board.