Bomb threat: Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome with 151 passengers on board landed at Évreux airport

An Airbus A320 operating the Dublin-Rome route was diverted to the Évreux air base, in Eure, after a bomb threat, Matignon said this Thursday, November 5.

The Prime Minister's services specify that the situation is being monitored "in real time", in accordance with planned procedures. No details have been communicated at this stage on the origin of the alert, the number of people on board or the operations undertaken on site.

A total of 151 passengers are on board the hijacked Airbus, six crew members. According to our information, the aircraft is escorted by a Rafale. The aircraft landed safely in Évreux. The passengers and crew members were brought to safety.

Mine clearance teams are working on the Airbus.

A series of false alarms in Europe

On Tuesday, around ten commercial flights in Europe had already been targeted by bomb threats, all without discovery of a suspicious device after inspection, according to the authorities of the countries concerned. At least four Ryanair routes were affected, including another Dublin-Rome flight, as well as aircraft from SAS, LOT and Wizz Air.

These threats led to security checks, diversions and brief airport closures. At Rome-Fiumicino, two Ryanair planes were subject to mine clearance operations after an anonymous report. The one coming from Dublin had been escorted by the Italian air force. A LOT aircraft leaving from London-Heathrow had been redirected from Warsaw-Chopin to Warsaw-Modlin.