Bucharest airport received four bomb threat reports in one day

The Romanian Intelligence Service reported four bomb threats at Henri Coandă Airport on November 5: three concerned specific flights (KLM, Wizz Air, Air Serbia), and one was anonymous. All checks found no threat, and the airport operated normally.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 6 November 2026 at 05:312 min read

The key facts

Four bomb threat reports were received at Bucharest airport in one day — three about specific aircraft, one without a specified flight
A Wizz Air plane from Milan was evacuated: 182 passengers and seven crew members; no suspicious objects were found
The KLM flight to Tel Aviv with a stopover in Bucharest underwent an additional check, although the intelligence services assessed the threat as false

Four threats in one day

Four bomb threat reports were received within one day at Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest, the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) reported. Three of them concerned specific passenger aircraft, while one contained no reference to a particular flight. This is part of a broader wave of threats which, according to Life.ru, affected on November 5 more than ten passenger flights in Europe — warnings were received by crews of aircraft flying to Prague, Sofia, Brussels and other cities, and an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a military airbase in France.

Response to each report

The last two warnings came in on the evening of November 5. One concerned a KLM aircraft flying to Tel Aviv with an intermediate stop in Bucharest. The SRI explained: “In our assessment, the threat was false, however the pilots, after consulting with the airline and taking into account the destination, requested an additional check.” The second evening report was not linked to a specific aircraft; after assessment, the intelligence service decided that additional security measures were not needed.

Evacuation and checks

Earlier the same day, an alarm was declared aboard a Wizz Air aircraft arriving from Milan: after landing, 182 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated from the airliner, a crisis headquarters was set up at the airport, bomb technicians examined the aircraft, but no suspicious objects were found. An Air Serbia flight from Belgrade was checked in the same way — the bomb report also proved unfounded. According to the airport administration, the air hub continued operating as normal.