At least seven passenger flights bound for airports in Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, November 3. The threats prompted security inspections and temporary operational restrictions, while one aircraft was diverted. According to Reuters, no explosive devices were found aboard the aircraft searched, and no one had claimed responsibility for the threats.

At Rome Fiumicino Airport, authorities searched two Ryanair aircraft arriving from Lisbon and Dublin. Associated Press reported that the threats were received by email, with the aircraft operating the Dublin flight escorted by the Italian Air Force until landing. Checks of passengers, crew and baggage found no explosives.

A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia Corvera Airport was also met with heightened security measures. According to information reported by AeroTime, 114 passengers and seven crew members disembarked before the aircraft was inspected. Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s representative in the Murcia region, subsequently confirmed that the presence of explosives had been ruled out.

In Poland, a LOT Boeing 737 MAX 8 flying from London Heathrow to Warsaw Chopin Airport was diverted to nearby Modlin. After landing, the aircraft taxied to a designated parking stand for a security inspection. LOT told AeroTime that no suspicious items had been found and that passengers were transferred by coach to their original destination after completing border checks. Modlin was temporarily closed during the operation before reopening to traffic.

A second threat concerned an SAS Airbus A320neo operating a flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw. The aircraft landed normally at Chopin Airport, where passengers disembarked and the relevant authorities took over. One runway was temporarily closed during the inspection, but the airport remained operational. No explosive device was found in this case either.

In Sofia, aircraft arriving from Bergamo and Dublin underwent security inspections. Wizz Air confirmed to AeroTime that Bulgarian authorities had informed the airline of a threat against flight W6 4352 from Bergamo. As the aircraft was already approaching its destination, no diversion was necessary. It landed safely and was cleared to resume operations following checks by the relevant authorities.

Bulgarian Transport Minister Georgi Peev confirmed that nothing suspicious had been found aboard either aircraft inspected in Sofia, Bulgarian National Radio reported. Earlier media reports referring to a flight from Israel were subsequently corrected, meaning that flight should not be counted among the confirmed incidents.

The threats came a day after a similar incident involving a Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia. That aircraft was diverted to Budapest on November 2 and continued to the Bulgarian capital after security checks had been completed. Bulgarian authorities said efforts to identify the sender of the threat were continuing.

Although several threats were reported within a short period, no connection between the incidents has been confirmed. The available information provides no basis for conclusions about a common perpetrator or motive, and the circumstances remain under investigation by the relevant authorities.