Because of bomb threats, authorities said, multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday (November 5, 2026) after being diverted.
No other information was immediately released. Mr. Finnair said that Flight 1761 from Helsinki to Rome was targeted by a bomb threat, but nothing out of the ordinary was found on the plane after it landed normally in the Italian capital, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported. All 151 passengers and six crew members are safe and military bomb defusal teams are examining the plane.
Because of a bomb threat, the French Prime Minister’s office said, separately, a flight from Ireland to Italy was diverted to a military air base in western France on Thursday (November 5, 2026).
The third flight, from London’s Stansted Airport to Sofia, had been diverted and landed safely at the airport in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, Plovdiv Airport CEO Krassimir Peshev said. The flight landed safely at the base in Evreux in Normandy, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s office said. Lecornu’s office said that it’s following the situation in real time. Several flights across Europe received hoax bomb threats this week that prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian air force until landing, officials said.
