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Multiple European flights targeted by bomb threats for second time this week
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. BBC News Europe, Times of India World, The Scotsman, Deutsche Welle World, Deutsche Welle All News, and Sky News World are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 3 Nov 2026, 12:37 UTC. 10 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Multiple European flights targeted by bomb threats for second time this week”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
At least 18 flights across Europe have been affected on Thursday in what the UK government called a "malicious hoax threat".
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Sky News World
- Picked up by Sky News UK
Bomb threats reported on multiple flights, including two from UK airports
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- New development reported by Sky News World
- Picked up by Sky News World
Multiple European flights report bomb threats, days after string of similar alerts
- 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 BBC News Europe
Multiple European flights targeted by bomb threats for second time this week
- Picked up by BBC News Europe
European flights targeted by 'malicious' bomb threats for third time this week
Same story, different outlets
6 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- BBC NewsEuropean flights targeted by 'malicious' bomb threats for third time this week
- Times of IndiaMid-air chaos: Multiple flights in Europe diverted due to bomb threats
- The Scotsman'Bomb threats' disrupt multiple flights across Europe
- Deutsche WelleMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Deutsche Welle All NewsMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Sky NewsBomb threats reported on multiple flights