44 hours ago · Manchester
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Deutsche Welle World, The Guardian World, Liverpool Echo, and Deutsche Welle All News are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Manchester. The first report grouped here was at 3 Nov 2026, 14:02 UTC. 6 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The bomb threats involved two passenger planes bound for Warsaw, a Ryanair flight from London to Spain, two flights to Rome and a flight traveling from Israel to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. No explosives were found.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Manchester Airport flight live as 'bomb threat' Ryanair plane lands in Spain
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Manchester Airport flight RECAP after Ryanair 'bomb threat' plane lands in Spain
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – Europe live
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
Same story, different outlets
4 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Deutsche WelleMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- The GuardianSeven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Liverpool EchoManchester Airport flight RECAP after Ryanair 'bomb threat' plane lands in Spain
- Deutsche Welle All NewsMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats