Lucrezia Ciotti A tense morning at European airports, with several reports of bomb scares aboard transiting planes. Among the affected airports was Rome Fiumicino , where two Ryanair flights were subjected to security checks. Bomb squads and Italian Air Force fighter jets went into action: here's what happened and which airports were involved.
Alarm in European skies, reports also in Poland, Spain and Bulgaria
The checks at the Rome airport come on a day marked by a succession of similar reports in several European countries. At least four aircraft were affected by possible threats, in a situation that drew the attention of the authorities due to its " highly unusual " nature.
The sequence had begun the previous day with a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia. During the flight, a bomb threat alert forced the crew to change course and land in Budapest. Hungarian Defense Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi later clarified that there was no real threat , while the police began an investigation to determine the source of the alert.
In the following hours, a new operation involved a LOT plane from London Heathrow bound for Warsaw Chopin. There were 181 people on board, and the captain flew to Warsaw-Modlin Airport for checks. The airport was temporarily closed to allow authorities to conduct inspections. Also in the Polish capital, a possible dangerous object was reported on an SAS flight departing from Copenhagen. Canine units trained to detect explosive substances also intervened on the scene, as documented in images published by the Danish newspaper BT.
Another emergency involved Ryanair flight FR4116 from Manchester to Murcia, Spain. The plane, carrying 114 passengers and seven crew members, landed safely and passed security checks: the Guardia Civil ruled out the presence of explosives , allowing normal airport operations to resume. Completing the situation was a report of a flight from Israel to Sofia. Bulgarian counterterrorism units began investigating, and according to public broadcaster BNT, the message apparently referred not only to the plane, but also to several institutions.
Bomb scare at Fiumicino Airport, two Ryanair flights under control: fighter jets in flight
There were moments of apprehension at Rome Fiumicino Airport , where on the morning of November 3, two possible explosive threats were reported in the space of just over an hour. The affected flights were two Ryanair flights arriving from Dublin and Lisbon , both of which were being checked by the authorities.
The first incident occurred around 9:40 a.m., when a plane arrived at the Rome airport after an anonymous tip-off about the alleged presence of a bomb on board. As reported by Il Messaggero , the report immediately triggered the security measures: the bomb squad reached the aircraft and began a thorough inspection to rule out any risk. However, the investigations did not confirm the threat , and no explosive device was found.
During the operation, the Italian Air Force also deployed several fighter jets, which took off to intercept and escort the plane to Fiumicino. Precautionary measures were also taken for the second flight involved, without any particular consequences for those on board . The situation remained under control, and no inconvenience to passengers was reported .