Six European flights received bomb threats in a single day — all checks found no explosives

One day — six threats

On Tuesday, 3 November 2026, a series of bomb threats affected flights heading to airports in several European countries. According to Deutsche Welle, a total of six such incidents were recorded; euronews described four flights heading to Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. In all cases the aircraft landed safely, and no explosive substances were found.

Warsaw: airport closure and checks

A LOT flight from London Heathrow bound for Warsaw's main airport was diverted to Warsaw-Modlin, where the aircraft made an unscheduled landing; the airport closed after the alert, and operations resumed around midday. 'Passengers were evacuated, the aircraft underwent a security check. Nothing was found,' airport spokesman Adam Szablowski told AFP. In addition, an SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen received a threat before landing at Warsaw's Chopin airport: according to the carrier, the plane landed normally, passengers disembarked, and one of the runways was closed temporarily during the search. No explosives were found on either aircraft; it was not immediately possible to determine whether the threats were connected.

Spain, Bulgaria and Italy

In Spain, operator Aena activated the emergency protocol after a bomb alert aboard a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia; after the aircraft was inspected by the Civil Guard, the plan was called off. The government delegate in the Murcia region, Francisco Lucas, confirmed that police 'ruled out the presence of explosive substances on the plane.' The outlets differ on the flight that landed in the Bulgarian capital: DW, citing Reuters, describes a flight from Israel that received a threat by email, whereas euronews reports a Wizz Air aircraft from Bergamo that was inspected after landing in Sofia at 10:10 CET; Bulgarian counter-terrorism units checked the plane, citing Interior Ministry secretary Lyubomir Nikolov. Later, according to Italian media, two more Ryanair flights — from Lisbon and Dublin to Rome's Fiumicino — received threats; air force fighters were scrambled because of them, but both alerts turned out to be false.

The series continues for several days

Tuesday's incidents continued a string of similar cases. On Monday, a Wizz Air flight from London (Luton) to Sofia received a threat in the air and made an emergency landing in Budapest; Hungary's Defence Minister Romulusz Rusin-Szendi said Gripen fighters took to the air 'within minutes' and ensured a safe landing. On Sunday, an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna was also diverted to Bulgaria because of a threat, but nothing was found on board. Deutsche Welle notes that similar cases have been recorded in recent weeks at various European airports, and all alerts ultimately proved false; who is behind the threats is not reported in the publications.