Multiple European Flights Hit By Bomb Threats In Single Day

Published Nov 3, 2026, 9:06 AM EST A graduate in German, Jake has a passion for history and regional aviation, and enjoys sampling new carriers and aircraft. He has visited OEM facilities as far and wide as Bristol, Toulouse, and Seattle, and recently enjoyed the milestone of flying his 150th sector as a passenger. Based in Norfolk, UK. At least six flights traveling to destinations in Europe are said to have faced bomb threats on Tuesday, just a day after a Wizz Air flight from London Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia (SOF) had to divert to Budapest (BUD) on Monday. For the most part, the flights in question were able to continue to their destinations as normal, but one did have to divert, prompting a temporary closure at its new destination. Once on the ground, the relevant authorities set about securing the aircraft in question to ensure that the threats did not pose any concrete danger. While the claims appear to have been unfounded, they have still resulted in considerable disruption due to aircraft being kept on the ground for longer than planned during the searches. While such threats do occur, it is rare to see so many on the same day. Two Of The Flights Were Bound For Warsaw Credit: Simple Flying According to coverage of the matter by the BBC, and as seen in the map above, two of this morning's bomb-threatened flights were bound for Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) in Poland. The first was a LOT Polish Airlines flight from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) with 181 people on board. This service had to divert to Warsaw Modlin Airport (WMI) as a result, with the facility temporarily pausing operations. With Modlin being a much smaller airport than Chopin, disruption was minimal while the necessary security checks were carried out, but Flightradar24 does show that a Ryanair flight to Tenerife (TSF) left almost an hour late as a result. Elsewhere, SAS flight SK751 also received a bomb threat while flying from Copenhagen (CPH) to Warsaw, where it landed safely. An SAS spokesperson told The Guardian: "We are following established security procedures while taking care of our passengers and crew. The matter is now being handled by the police in Warsaw, and we are following their instructions." Ryanair's Dramatic Morning Credit: Simple Flying Elsewhere in Europe, similar threats were made against three different Ryanair flights. As seen in the map above, the first of these was FR4116 from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Murcia (RMU) in Spain. While the Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 operating the flight, EI-IGO, landed in Murcia 24 minutes early at 10:31 AM local time, the need for the necessary security checks to be carried out has grounded it. Ryanair is famous for its quick turnarounds, with the return flight to Manchester, FR4117, normally leaving at 11:30 AM. However, with EI-IGO temporarily out of action, the carrier has had to ferry a replacement aircraft, EI-IKY, over from Alicante (ALC), and FR4117 is now expected to be around 3.5 hours late. According to The Guardian, there were 114 passengers and seven crew members on FR4116. Meanwhile, two Ryanair flights traveling to Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) also had to be searched upon arrival following anonymous tips regarding potential bomb threats. These services were flying to the capital city of Italy from Lisbon (LIS) and Dublin (DUB), with the latter (FR9611) having been escorted by military aircraft. Searches of both aircraft have since found no concrete evidence for the bomb threats. An El Al Aircraft Received A Threat En Route To Bulgaria Credit: Simple Flying Further to the east, coverage by the BBC and Guardian highlights a separate threat to a flight from Israel that landed in Sofia (SOF) on Tuesday morning, citing local reports in the Bulgarian media. A quick look at flight tracking data would suggest that the service in question was El Al flight LY551 from Tel Aviv (TLV), as seen in the map above. However, the aircraft (4X-EHF) was not grounded for quite as long. After landing 21 minutes ahead of schedule at 9:49 AM, the Boeing 737-900ER was then back in the air less than two hours later, at 11:31 AM. While this did represent a slight delay compared to LY552's planned 11:20 AM departure time, it is still a noticeably quicker turnaround than those experienced by the other flights covered in this article. It will be interesting to see if any more threats come to light later on.