<p>Planes forced into emergency landings or diversions two days after hoax alerts affected air travel</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/05/aer-lingus-plane-bomb-threat-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Bomb threats have caused diversions and emergency landings for at least 15 flights across <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</a>, renewing questions about a possibly coordinated effort to disrupt travel.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/05/aer-lingus-plane-bomb-threat-europe-latest-news-updates#top-of-blog">series of warnings</a> on Thursday morning affected flights between Italy, Ireland, the UK, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Czechia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/bomb-threats-disrupt-flights-across-europe-and-renew-hybrid-warfare-fears">Continue reading...</a>