Paris (France) (AFP) - The Paris authorities announced that an A320 civilian plane heading from Dublin to Rome “and its course was diverted due to a bomb warning” landed on Thursday morning “at the air base in Evreux” in northwestern France.

Published on: 05/11/2026 - 11:21

The French authorities did not clarify on Thursday morning whether this incident was part of a series of warnings that later turned out to be false that were encountered by about ten civilian aircraft heading to European airports on Tuesday, according to the authorities of the countries concerned.

The French Prime Minister's departments reassured that the 151 passengers and six crew members "are safe," noting that "explosive disposal teams" are currently working to search the plane.

The Air and Space Forces reported to Agence France-Presse that its aircraft “took off to intercept this civilian aircraft following suspicions of a bomb.” She added, "The plane was diverted and escorted to Evreux Airport."

The "Flight Radar" website, which specializes in tracking air traffic in real time, showed that the plane belonging to the Irish company "Aer Lingus" landed at Evreux Airport at 10:05 local time (09:05 GMT).

Aer Lingus confirmed in a statement that flight AI402 (...) landed completely safely, and that the company is working to transport its passengers to their final destination "as soon as possible."

On Tuesday, it was reported that at least four bomb warnings had been issued on planes belonging to the Irish company Ryanair, including one flying from the English city of Manchester to Murcia in Spain, another from Lisbon to Rome, a third from Dublin to the Italian capital, and a fourth between Dublin and Sofia.

The warnings included two flights heading to Warsaw, one for a flight by the Scandinavian company SAS that took off from Copenhagen, and the other for a flight operated by the Polish airline LOT that took off from Heathrow Airport, according to Polish authorities, in addition to a flight by Wizz Air between Bergamo, Italy, and Sofia.

No explosive charges were found on any of the aircraft that underwent a thorough inspection after landing.

On Monday, an alert targeted a Wizz Air flight that was heading from Luton Airport in England to Sofia, and it was forced to make an emergency landing in Budapest, escorted by two Hungarian fighter jets.

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