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Bomb threats targeting flights and media outlets continue across Europe
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC News, Times of India World, The Scotsman, Manchester Evening News, NBC News Top Stories, The Straits Times World, Sky News World, New York Times World, Deutsche Welle World, BBC News World, Channel NewsAsia Latest, Chronicle Live, South China Morning Post Asia, WalesOnline, Bristol Post, Liverpool Echo, The Guardian World, Deutsche Welle All News, and CBC World are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 3 Nov 2026, 13:25 UTC. 32 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Bomb threats targeting flights and media outlets continue across Europe”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
European authorities are investigating renewed bomb threats targeting aircraft and airports Friday, a day after nearly two dozen flights across Europe were threatened.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by CBC World
String of bomb threats on flights, cruise ship disrupt travel across Europe
- New development reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Map shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- Picked up by Bristol Post
- Picked up by WalesOnline
Map shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Fake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Ryanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by BBC News World
Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by Sky News World
- Picked up by Sky News World
Multiple European flights report bomb threats, days after string of similar alerts
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome: French PM
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alerts force flights to land in France, Bulgaria, Belgium
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome, French PM says
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
View full timeline · 32 reports
- First reported by CBC World
String of bomb threats on flights, cruise ship disrupt travel across Europe
- New development reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Map shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- Picked up by Bristol Post
- Picked up by WalesOnline
Map shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Fake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Ryanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by BBC News World
Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by Sky News World
- Picked up by Sky News World
Multiple European flights report bomb threats, days after string of similar alerts
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome: French PM
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alerts force flights to land in France, Bulgaria, Belgium
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome, French PM says
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Bomb alerts force flights to land in France, Bulgaria, Belgium
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Bomb threat diverts Aer Lingus plane flying from Dublin to Rome
- Picked up by BBC News Europe
- New development reported by Manchester Evening News
Bomb threats LIVE as several planes diverted and making emergency landings across Europe
- Picked up by The Scotsman
- Picked up by Times of India World
Mid-air chaos: Multiple flights in Europe diverted due to bomb threats
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by ABC News
Bomb threats targeting flights and media outlets continue across Europe
Same story, different outlets
19 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- ABC NewsBomb threats targeting flights and media outlets continue across Europe
- Times of IndiaMid-air chaos: Multiple flights in Europe diverted due to bomb threats
- The ScotsmanBomb threats disrupt multiple flights across Europe
- Manchester Evening NewsBomb threats LIVE as several planes diverted and making emergency landings across Europe
- NBC News Top Stories‘Bomb alert’ diverts Rome-bound passenger plane
- The Straits TimesBomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome: French PM
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- Sky NewsEuropean flight diverted after latest bomb threat
- The New York TimesBomb Threats Disrupt Several Flights Across Europe
- Deutsche WelleMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- BBC NewsSeven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Channel NewsAsia LatestBomb threats disrupt Europe flights
- Chronicle LiveRyanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
- South China Morning PostFake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- WalesOnlineMap shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Bristol PostBomb threats mapped as seven European flights targeted
- Liverpool EchoMap shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- The GuardianSeven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Deutsche Welle All NewsMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- CBCString of bomb threats on flights, cruise ship disrupt travel across Europe