A dozen European flights received bomb threats on Thursday morning, days after a similar wave of threats targeted several aircraft. The incidents came to light when French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told news agencies about an Aer Lingus flight that diverted to a French military base.
Flight 402 was flying between Dublin and Rome when it turned around over Paris and landed at Évreux. The airline said the Airbus A320 diverted as a security precaution and landed safely.
Twelve European Flights Hit by Bomb Threats in Second Wave This Week
Czech Police said they received threats about four aircraft heading to Prague. They assessed the threats as of low relevance but activated security protocols anyway. A Wizz Air flight from Milan to Warsaw diverted to Vienna. Bulgarian media reported that three Ryanair flights landed in Bulgaria, two in Sofia from Copenhagen and Madrid, and one in Plovdiv from London.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 235 from Warsaw to Brussels was also targeted, and no suspicious items were found. Finnair said two of its flights from Helsinki were targeted, adding that threats are almost always unfounded.
No injuries and no explosives have been reported. On Tuesday, at least seven flights were targeted, and the UK government called them malicious hoax threats. The European Commission said it was closely monitoring the situation but that it was too early to say whether the incidents are linked.
