Bulgarian authorities found no threat after checking 3 Ryanair aircraft. Across Europe, bomb alerts prompted diversions and emergency landings for at least 22 flights on 5 November. All affected flights landed safely, and searches found nothing suspicious.
Bulgaria’s transport ministry said authorities found no threat after checking 3 Ryanair aircraft on 5 November. Flights from Madrid and Copenhagen continued to Sofia, while a London flight bound for Sofia diverted to Plovdiv. Ryanair was arranging transport from Plovdiv to Sofia for its passengers, the ministry said.
Across Europe, bomb threats caused diversions and emergency landings for at least 22 flights that day, The Guardian said in an expanded account. All affected flights landed safely, and searches found nothing suspicious. An earlier newspaper tally counted 19 aircraft reportedly affected by threats that morning, rather than 19 diversions.
The alerts followed threats against 7 European flights on 3 November, all later confirmed as false alarms.
Operations returned to normal at Sofia and Plovdiv airports, Bulgaria’s transport ministry said. Czech police said no explosives were found on 4 aircraft in Prague and that security measures at the airport had ended. Czech counterterrorism and cybercrime units were investigating the threats there.
Madrid-Barajas Airport said security forces ruled out threats affecting 3 flights after checks. Iberia said its flights from Milan and Rome landed in Madrid without problems and passengers disembarked safely. Air Europa said its Madrid–Paris aircraft was evacuated and checked before departure; passengers reboarded after the alarm proved false, and the flight reached Paris without problems.
Romanian intelligence services cleared a Wizz Air flight that landed in Bucharest after finding nothing concerning, Romanian media said. Air Serbia said Romanian authorities also assessed a threat against its Belgrade–Bucharest flight as unfounded, and the aircraft returned to service. Finnair said threats against its flights were unfounded or hoaxes.
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to the Évreux-Fauville military airbase in France.
The British Airline Pilots’ Association said specialists assess threats and notify crews when a threat is considered credible. The captain then makes operational decisions: a plane on the ground will usually be evacuated, while one in the air will generally seek to land as soon and safely as possible.
EU transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said it was too early to know whether the incidents were linked. Investigators said there was no evidence that a hostile state or terrorist group was orchestrating the hoaxes, and inquiries across Europe continued. No intelligence yet points to any particular group or state actor.
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Update ·
An earlier morning tally counted 19 aircraft reportedly affected by bomb threats, not 19 diversions.
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The update adds the reported scale of disruptions, safe landings, the end of security measures in Prague and Finnair’s assessment of the threats.
