Bomb threat diverts Dublin-Rome flight to France

What the report says

A bomb threat on Thursday diverted an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome to France, according to Al Jazeera’s report citing French authorities. The aircraft was escorted by military planes and taken to the Evreux airfield west of Paris, where a bomb squad was deployed. French officials said the 151 passengers and six crew members were moved to safety while the plane was secured.

The incident was part of a wider wave of bomb threats that disrupted air travel across Europe the same day. Al Jazeera reported that around 10 flights were affected, with authorities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Austria and Italy also dealing with security warnings, emergency landings or inspections. In several cases, aircraft were diverted, escorted, or searched after threats were received, though no dangerous items were found in the incidents cited.

French authorities did not publicly assign blame, and no group claimed responsibility. The report said aviation and security services responded with standard emergency procedures, reflecting the disruption such threats can cause even when they prove false. The developments came just days after a separate round of bomb threats had already forced other flights to divert and briefly closed an airport in Poland, underscoring a broader pattern of interruption to European air travel.