Reported by The Guardian
France confirms Dublin-Rome flight has landed in military base, while threats also reported in Italy, Czechia, Bulgaria and Belgium
Here is a summary of all planes reportedly affected by bomb threats this morning:
EI-DEH Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, diverted to Evreux, France ( 9:55 , 10:07 , 10:25 )
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FR1730 Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Sofia, diverted to Plovdiv, Bulgaria ( 10:45 )
LO235 LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels ( 10:48 )
W46387 WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Okęcie, diverted to Vienna, Austria ( 10:52 )
AY1761 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino ( 10:52 ).
W43064 WizzAir flight from Milan-Malpensa to Bucharest ( 11:50 ).
Similarly, the company behind Rome’s Fiumicino airport confirmed that no threat was confirmed following its investigation into a bomb alert against a FinnAir plane flying to the Italian capital ( 10:52 ).
“All verification and clearance operations were completed with negative results, with no impact whatsoever on the airport’s normal operations,” airport operator ADR said in a statement.
Meanwhile, no explosives were found on four planes which had received bomb threats before landing in Prague, Czech police confirmed.
“ Security measures at Prague Airport have just ended, with pyrotechnic inspections yielding negative results.
The investigation of the threats has been taken over by NCTEKK, and currently no further information can be provided.”
NCTEKK is the National Center Against Terrorism, Extremism, and Cybercrime of the Czech police.
Meanwhile, FinnAir confirmed that two of its airplanes were affected today.
In a statement to the Guardian, the airline confirmed AY1761 from Helsinki to Rome with 144 passengers and seven crew ( 10:52 ) and AY1471 from Helsinki to Vienna with 177 passengers and six crew ( 11:06 ) “have faced unfounded or hoax bomb threats today.”
“Both flights have landed safely at their destinations, and customers have disembarked the aircraft.”
It continued that “a clear process” was in place to inspect all reported threats.
“ Unfortunately, air traffic is sometimes subject to threats, as we have seen this week, when also other airlines in Europe have faced hoax…