At least 13 flights across Europe had received bomb alerts by 11am on Thursday morning, causing disruptions including diversions and inspections, with no explosives or suspicious items found on board.
Flights affected and diversions
The impacted flights include a Ryanair service from London Stansted to Sofia, Bulgaria, which was diverted to Plovdiv, according to Flightradar24. Many of the affected flights have already landed safely, with security inspections completed.
The full list of flights that received bomb threats so far on Thursday includes:
- EI-DEH Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, diverted to Evreux, France
- FR6410 Ryanair flight from Madrid to Sofia
- FR3606 Ryanair flight from Copenhagen to Sofia
- FR1730 Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Sofia, diverted to Plovdiv
- LO235 LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels
- W46387 WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Okęcie, diverted to Vienna
- AY1761 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino
- AY1471 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Vienna
- WMT3064 WizzAir flight from Milan to Bucharest
- Four as-yet unidentified flights to Prague
Context of recent threats
The threats come just two days after multiple flights, including one from Heathrow and another from Manchester, were subject to bomb alerts, with the government later labelling them “malicious hoax threats”.
