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FOUR RYANAIR FLIGHTS were among ten passenger planes affected by bomb threats across Europe today, prompting evacuations, security checks and the deployment of fighter jets.

All the impacted flights landed safely, and no bombs have been found despite extensive searches.

Ryanair appeared to be the worst hit, with two Ryanair aircraft arriving at Rome’s Fiumicino airport were subject to separate bomb alerts this morning.

The airport confirmed that an anonymous report prompted police bomb disposal experts to inspect an aircraft that landed from Lisbon at the Italian airport at approximately 9.40am local time (10.40am Irish time).

“Checks on passengers, baggage and the aircraft returned negative results, and the alert was lifted,” an airport spokesperson told The Journal.

A second Ryanair aircraft which had travelled from Dublin, Ryanair flight FR9611, was escorted by the Italian Air Force jets before landing at approximately 10.45am following a separate report of a suspected bomb on board.

“The Italian Air Force escorted Ryanair flight FR9611,” the airport spokesperson said.

“The same security procedures were implemented on the ground for this flight and its passengers.”

Another Ryanair flight from Dublin to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia also received a warning.

Elsewhere, two planes bound for Warsaw were searched after landing, while a fourth aircraft arriving from Italy was being checked in Bulgaria after a threat was received by email, according to Bulgarian authorities.

In Poland, a LOT flight from London Heathrow carrying 181 people was diverted from Warsaw’s main Chopin airport to Warsaw Modlin, where passengers were evacuated and specialists inspected the aircraft.

The Boeing 737 MAX landed safely, but the alert forced Modlin airport to temporarily close.

“The passengers were evacuated and the plane underwent security checks. Nothing was found,” airport spokesman Adam Szablowski told AFP.

“The airport has been reopened and is operating normally.”

A separate bomb warning targeted an SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw.

That aircraft landed at Chopin airport, where a security inspection found no explosive devices. An airport spokesman said a landing strip was closed, but the airport continued operating.

In Spain, 114 passengers and seven crew members disembarked from the Ryanair aircraft after a security protocol was activated at Murcia airport.

Francisco Lucas, the Spanish government’s delegate in the region, subsequently said the Guardia Civil had ruled out the presence of explosives following an inspection.

La @guardiacivil descarta la presencia de explosivos en el avión procedente de Manchester tras su inspección. El Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia retoma su actividad con normalidad. Gracias a los equipos de emergencias que han participado en el dispositivo. https://t.co/zmHgbS80ek

— Francisco Lucas (@Lucassayala) November 3, 2026

The airport had resumed normal operations, he said, thanking the emergency teams involved.

In Bulgaria, counter-terrorism officers checked an aircraft arriving from Bergamo, Italy for possible explosive devices, local media reported.

The incidents follow a bomb threat on Monday against a Wizz Air flight travelling from London Luton to Sofia.

That aircraft was diverted to Budapest and escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet before landing safely.

Wizz Air said security checks were carried out on the aircraft and its passengers. The airline later confirmed that nothing was found during the search and said the flight would continue to Sofia.

Additional reporting from AFP