A Ryanair flight travelling from Dublin to Rome was one of six flights affected by bomb threats across Europe.
These threats led to evacuations, security checks and fighter jets being deployed. Thankfully, it has since been confirmed that all flights affected, landed safely, and no bombs were found.
Two Ryanair aircraft arrived at Rome's Fiumicino airport and had received separate bomb alerts this morning.
The airport revealed that they had received an anonymous report, with an aircraft being inspected which had landed from Lisbon at the Italian airport at approximately 9.40am local time.
A second Ryanair aircraft travelling from Dublin, FR9611, was also escorted by the Italian Air Force One jets, which landed around 10.45am amid another report of a suspected bomb on board the aircraft.
“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".
This means that six flights have been affected by reported bomb threats, as two aircraft which were set for Warsaw, one travelling to Sofia from Israel, and a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia from Manchester were also affected.
A LOT flight travelling from London Heathrow to Poland, which carrying 181 people was also diverted from the main Chopan airport to Warsaw Modlin, as passengers were evacuated while the aircraft was inspected. This did force the Modlin airport to close temporarily. But the Boeing 737 MAX did land safely.
Security checks were carried out on the aircraft and passengers, with Wizz Air confirming that no bombs were found during this search and the flight to Sofia would continue.
It was also revealed that 114 passengers and seven crew were evacuated from the Ryanair aircraft following a security protocol was carried out at Murcia Airport. There was no evidence of any explosive devices found, according the the delegate for the Spanish Government.
The delegate, Francisco Lucas said that normal operations have also resumed, thanking all emergency teams involved.
Another bomb warning was also reported at an SAS Scandanavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw.
This also comes after a security inspection was conducted on this plane at Chopin airport. The landing strip was closed, but the airport continued to operate.
Bulgarian local media had reported that counter terrorism officers were forced to inspect an aircraft arriving to the country from Bergamo, Italy, following a bomb threat against a Wizz Air flight which was travelling from London, Luton to Sofia on Monday.
It was diverted to Budapest and taken by a Hungarian fighter jet before they landed safely.
Last month, it was reported that over 1,000 flights were cancelled by Ryanair across September. Find out more on this from Nova here.
