A series of bomb scares affected several European airports on the morning of Tuesday, November 3, triggering extraordinary checks on aircraft, passengers and luggage. The inspections concluded without any explosive devices being found.
At Rome Fiumicino airport, the alerts concerned two Ryanair flights arriving from Lisbon and Dublin, which landed at 9:40 a.m. and 10:44 a.m. respectively.
The alarm was reportedly triggered by an anonymous email sent to Aeroporti di Roma, claiming the presence of explosives on board. Bomb disposal teams carried out sweep operations, which concluded shortly after midday with a negative outcome.
Tense moments were also reported in Murcia, in southern Spain, where a Ryanair flight from Manchester was subjected to checks following a threat. All 114 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated.
The Spanish airport remained closed for roughly two hours, with a flight from Gran Canaria diverted to Alicante. Operations resumed at 1 p.m. after inspections revealed no anomalies.
Two alerts were also reported in Warsaw, Poland. A plane arriving from London Heathrow, carrying 181 people, was diverted to land at Modlin airport instead of Chopin Airport. A second flight from Copenhagen, targeted by a similar threat, landed as scheduled.
Another report came from Sofia, Bulgaria, where an aircraft arriving from Israel was hit by a bomb threat communicated via email.
These episodes follow what occurred on Monday in Budapest, where a Wizz Air flight departing from London Luton made an emergency landing, escorted by a Hungarian military fighter jet, also due to a bomb threat.
