Hoax Bomb Threats Disrupt Seven Flights Across Europe
WHO:
NY Post - The impacted airlines included Polish airline LOT, Scandinavian Airlines, Wizz Air and Ryanair.
ABC News - The impacted airlines included LOT, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Ryanair.
ABC News - Piotr Rudzki, acting director of the Warsaw Airport’s Communications Office, described the response to information about a potentially dangerous item on a SAS flight.
ABC News - SAS spokeswoman Alexandra Lindgren Kaokju said the plane landed normally and that passengers disembarked.
ABC News - Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s delegate in the Murcia region, said passengers and crew were checked and the aircraft inspected.
ABC News - The Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia had 121 people aboard, including crew; no one was injured in the incidents reported.
WHAT:
BBC News - Seven flights across Europe were targeted by bomb threats; aircraft in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy were checked for explosives.
ABC News - The threats prompted searches and diversions; the Italian Air Force escorted one plane to landing. The threats turned out to be hoaxes, and none of the planes made an emergency landing.
ABC News - Bomb-disposal experts searched passengers, crew and baggage after a Ryanair flight from Lisbon landed at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport; they found no explosives.
ABC News - A second Ryanair flight, bound from Dublin to Rome, was escorted by the Italian Air Force to Fiumicino. Ground security checks found no explosives.
ABC News - LOT said a search of its diverted aircraft was complete and “nothing was found on the aircraft.” Passengers were to undergo border control and then travel by coach to Chopin Airport.
ABC News - A SAS flight from Copenhagen received information about a potentially dangerous item. Safety procedures were implemented and one runway was closed; passengers disembarked, and SAS said the plane landed normally.
ABC News - Spanish officials ruled out explosives on a Ryanair flight from Manchester after security checks and an aircraft inspection.
WHERE:
BBC News - The reported searches involved planes in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy.
ABC News - The flights involved Rome’s Fiumicino Airport; LOT’s route from London Heathrow to Warsaw Chopin, diverted to Warsaw Modlin; SAS’s route from Copenhagen to Chopin; and Ryanair’s route from Manchester to Murcia in southern Spain.
ABC News - Modlin Airport was temporarily closed and later said normal operations had resumed.
WHEN:
ABC News - The article reports the threats and flight disruptions without a year; it says the incidents occurred on Tuesday morning.
WHY:
ABC News - The disruptions followed reports of bombs aboard aircraft, including emails reporting bombs on the two Ryanair flights to Rome.
HOW:
ABC News - The threats led authorities and airport personnel to inspect aircraft, passengers, crew and baggage and to apply standard safety procedures.
ABC News - The LOT flight was diverted to Modlin; its passengers were to be taken by coach to Chopin Airport after border control.
ABC News - The SAS matter was referred to Polish police.
(UPDATED November 4, 2026 13:58 UTC)
Bomb threats targeted seven European flights, prompting searches and diversions across Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, and Italy. Authorities found no explosives, and nobody was injured. LOT, SAS, and Ryanair flights were affected.