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Bomb threats target flights across Europe, prompting checks and diversions
Officials across Europe reported new bomb threats against flights on Friday, after a week of similar hoaxes.
The threats affected flights in several countries, including France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Italy.
Some planes were escorted or diverted, and passengers were evacuated from a Wizz Air flight after it landed in Venice.
No one was injured and checks found no explosives in the incidents described.
More than two dozen flights had been affected by threats earlier in the week, although the overall disruption to European air traffic remained limited.
Authorities have not identified who is behind the threats, and no evidence links them to a government or group.
Eurocontrol is monitoring the situation and coordinating with airlines and airports to limit disruption as security checks continue.
Officials across Europe reported bomb threats against multiple flights on Friday, after a week of hoaxes that had already caused diversions.
No suspicious items were found and no one was injured.
Some flights were diverted or inspected, while authorities said the incidents caused minimal disruption overall.
The source of the threats remains unclear, and authorities have not linked them to any group or government.
- Who
- Officials and police in several European countries reported threats against flights; the people behind them are unknown.
- What
- Multiple flights received bomb threats, prompting inspections, evacuations and diversions.
- When
- Friday, November 6, 2026, following threats earlier in the week.
- Where
- Across Europe, including France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Portugal.
- Why
- Not stated. Authorities have not identified who is behind the threats or established a motive.
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Eurocontrol said it was aware of bomb threats against seven flights.
Eurocontrol said it was aware of threats against 14 flights, and an email threat was sent to airport authorities in Rome.
Officials reported new threats against flights across Europe, and French authorities said four threats had been made against aircraft over French territory.
Three passenger planes received threats in Hungarian airspace and were escorted by military fighter jets, according to Hungary’s defense minister.
- Flights threatened Thursday
- 14, according to Eurocontrol
- Flights threatened Tuesday
- 7, according to Eurocontrol
- Flights threatened at Prague airport
- 9
- Hungary
- Fighter jets escorted 3 passenger planes
- Wizz Air flight
- Prague to Rome; diverted to Venice
- Ryanair flight
- Lisbon to Rome; inspected after landing in Lisbon
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