Bomb threats disrupt European flights, force emergency landings
A wave of bomb threats has caused emergency landings and flight diversions across Europe, with incidents reported in Bulgaria, Belgium, France, and Italy.
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AIAir travel across Europe continued to face disruptions following a series of bomb threats targeting passenger flights.
Bulgarian authorities reported that three planes made emergency landings due to threats of explosives, while a Belgian newspaper said a commercial passenger jet landed at Brussels Airport. French officials diverted a flight from Dublin to Rome to a major military base after a bomb threat was received.
Italian media reported a bomb threat on board a Finnair flight from Helsinki, which landed normally at Rome's Fiumicino Airport.
French authorities also diverted an Aer Lingus flight traveling from Dublin to Rome to a major military base in Évreux, northern France, after a bomb threat, according to the office of French Prime Minister.
The office of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government is "closely monitoring the situation." The Airbus A320 was flying over French territory when it was redirected to Évreux.
The flight, operating as EIN40G, crossed the English Channel on its usual route to Rome before veering southwest of Paris, circling near Chartres Airport, and then heading toward Évreux. However, according to flight tracking data, the plane passed over the military airport in Évreux without landing.