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Bomb threat diverts Dublin-Rome flight to France

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-11-05 · by Al Jazeera Staff

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A Dublin-to-Rome Aer Lingus flight was diverted to Evreux airfield west of Paris after a suspected bomb threat. French military aircraft escorted the plane, and a bomb squad secured the airport upon landing. The flight carried 151 passengers and six crew members who were moved to safety. This incident follows several other European flights that faced similar threats earlier in the week, including those near Warsaw and Rome.
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An Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France's Évreux airbase following a bomb threat on November 5, 2026. The flight, carrying 185 passengers, was among several incidents across Europe in recent days where flights received similar threats, leading to diversions and security sweeps but no actual explosives found. This latest incident follows a string of hoaxes that have disrupted passenger flights, including a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Bulgaria which had to be escorted by a fighter jet. The French Prime Minister's office is monitoring the situation closely.

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📰 Bomb Threats Divert European Flights
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Topics

Dublin Evreux France Paris Rome

Subjects

France GPE · 3× Evreux GPE · 2× Paris GPE · 2× Rome GPE · 2× Aer Lingus ORG · 1× Bulgaria GPE · 1× Dublin GPE · 1× Flightradar24 ORG · 1× French NORP · 1× Sebastien Lecornu PERSON · 1×

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2026-11-05 · Al Jazeera
Bomb threat diverts Dublin-Rome flight to France · mixed framing

Claims (8 extracted, 2 hedged)

An airliner flying from Dublin to Rome has been rerouted to France, where it was escorted by military aircraft after a suspected bomb threat, French authorities said. asserted
authorities → fly → threat
In a separate incident, Bulgaria reported that three aircrafts requested emergency landings due to bomb threats on Thursday, according to local media. uncertain
aircrafts → report → media
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France → trigger → break
France’s air force said it had dispatched planes “as soon as the threat was reported” on Thursday. asserted
threat → say → Thursday
“The aircraft has been diverted and is being escorted to the Evreux airfield” west of Paris, it added. asserted
it → divert → Paris
The office of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said a bomb squad was in place at the airport and that 151 Aer Lingus passengers and six crew were moved to safety. asserted
passengers → say → safety
No one claimed responsibility, and officials did not attribute blame. asserted
officials → claim → blame
According to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, the aircraft turned near Paris and was circling over the Evreux area after declaring an in-flight emergency. The incident came after several European flights were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, prompting emergency searches, briefly shut down an airport outside the Polish capital, Warsaw, and led the Italian Air Force to escort a Ryanair plane into Rome. More to come… uncertain
flights → accord → Rome
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