An Airbus A320 aircraft flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France’s Evreux air base following a bomb alert, the office of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.
The plane was originally scheduled
to operate between the Irish capital, Dublin, and the Italian capital, Rome.
However, no further details about the nature of the bomb threat or the circumstances that led to the alert were immediately available.
There was also no immediate information on the number of passengers and crew members aboard the aircraft or whether any suspicious object had been found.
The incident comes amid a series of bomb threats targeting passenger flights across Europe in recent days, triggering diversions, emergency landings and extensive security checks, Reuters reported.
According to the report, several airlines faced bomb threats on November 3.
Two Ryanair flights from Lisbon and Dublin were searched at Rome’s Fiumicino airport after potential threats.
The Dublin flight was escorted by the Italian Air Force before landing. Both aircraft underwent security checks, including bomb sweeps, and the alerts were subsequently cleared.
A Ryanair flight from Manchester also triggered a security protocol at Spain’s Murcia airport, while another Ryanair aircraft flying from Dublin to Sofia landed safely with 185 passengers. No explosives were found.
Two Wizz Air flights also faced threats. A Milan-Bergamo to Sofia flight landed safely, while a London-Sofia flight was diverted to Budapest on November 2.
LOT Polish Airlines and SAS flights from London and Copenhagen to Warsaw were also subjected to bomb alerts on November 3. Both aircraft landed safely and underwent security checks. Polish authorities said the threat involving the SAS flight was not confirmed.
