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Bomb threats trigger flight diversions across Europe, military jets escort passenger planes

Updated On: 05 November, 2026 04:29 PM IST | Rome | AFP

A series of bomb alerts disrupted European air travel for the third day this week, affecting Finnair, Wizz Air and Aer Lingus flights. Aircraft were diverted to Vienna, France and Budapest, while a fighter jet escorted a Helsinki-Rome flight

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An Aer Lingus aircraft, which was heading from Dublin to Rome, was diverted to France and escorted by military aircraft following a suspected bomb threat. PIC/AFP

An Aer Lingus aircraft, which was heading from Dublin to Rome, was diverted to France and escorted by military aircraft following a suspected bomb threat. PIC/AFP

Hoax bomb alerts were reported on a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome and a Wizz Air flight from Milan to Warsaw on Thursday, with the Wizz Air jet re-routed to Vienna, the airlines said.

The Helsinki-Rome flight was escorted to Rome by a fighter jet and was checked by bomb disposal experts, an airport spokesman told AFP.

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