Aer Lingus flight EI402 carrying 151 passengers and six crew lands safely at the Évreux‑Fauville airbase in Normandy after a bomb threat is reported【】【】. French authorities escort the aircraft with a fighter jet and move all occupants to a secure area while bomb‑defusal teams inspect the plane【】【】. A Finnair Helsinki‑Rome service is escorted by Italian Air Force jets to Rome and examined by bomb‑disposal experts【】. About a dozen other European passenger flights, including a LOT service from Warsaw to Brussels, are forced to land or divert because of similar threats【】【】. Czech police also receive bomb‑threat reports concerning four flights destined for Prague【】.
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5 November 2026
3 November 2026
Bomb threats against several European flights on 3 Nov, and again on 5 Nov, prompted diversions, searches and escorts. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, carrying 151 passengers and six crew, was diverted to Évreux air base in France after declaring an emergency and landed safely. Three planes made emergency landings in Bulgaria, two in Sofia and one in Plovdiv. Police and officials found no explosives, and no one was injured. Warsaw Chopin Airport closed briefly on 3 Nov.
Ryanair's profit fell 15% to 2.15 billion euros in the first fiscal half, as the price of its unhedged jet fuel roughly doubled. Chief executive Michael O'Leary said European airfares could rise 10%, possibly 20%, next year. The airline expects fuel charges to rise by 2 billion euros in its next financial year and has launched a cost review. It also cut its full-year passenger target from 216 million to 214 million. Ryanair has hedged 80% of its fuel needs at about $67 a barrel through March 2027, while Brent crude traded near $110 a barrel on Monday.