Police officers at Copenhagen Airport in connection with new threats directed at air traffic

European air traffic targeted by new threats

06 Nov 2026, 13:02 · RTE.ie

Police in Denmark and the Czech Republic have been investigating threats to air traffic, while a Romanian plane received a bomb threat following a string of hoaxes that have targeted flights and disrupted travel across Europe this week.

A flight from Prague to Bucharest operated by Romanian carrier Tarom received a bomb threat.

The plane landed at its intended destination, and airport administration officials said the bomb threat proved to be false.

In the Danish capital, Copenhagen, police said they were present at the airport for a second consecutive day "in connection with threats directed at air traffic".

They said their immediate assessment was that there had been no danger to passengers or to others at the airport. It added that air traffic was proceeding safely and without disruption.

Czech police also said they were again dealing with threats against planes today.

They said necessary security measures have been taken in co-operation with Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport that have "a minimal impact on the normal operations at the airport".

Meanwhile, RTÉ's Donnybrook campus as well as other media outlets, were evacuated this morning after a bomb threat.

An Garda Síochána, said it was "aware of a threat made against media organisations here and in Europe".

The newsroom in Bulgaria's Nova TV station also received a bomb threat, which led to the station suspending programming and evacuating offices.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Europe appeared to be facing "hybrid aggression and a form of psychological warfare".

No explosive devices were found and all planes, including those threatened today, landed safely.

Security experts said yesterday that the threats might be intended to punish European nations that have armed or financed Ukraine as it resists the full-scale invasion Russia launched in 2022.

It was also possible, however, that individuals were laying false trails, issuing copycat threats or acting on personal grievances.

Around half a dozen flights were disrupted in some way on Tuesday and more than two dozen yesterday, some of them making unplanned landings or being escorted to their destinations by fighter jets.

An Italian airport authority source told Reuters that a Wizz Air WIZZ.L flight from Prague to Rome had been diverted to Venice but, despite more than a dozen hoax threats, overall there was far less direct disruption to air travel.

Hungarian jets did, however, escort airliners flying from Brussels to Sofia and from Prague to Bucharest and Cyprus through Hungarian airspace. Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said NATO had ordered some air patrols in the area, the first report that the Western defence alliance had become involved.

While no country attributed blame for the threats, they follow a wave of sabotage attacks and attempts on targets across Europe ranging from German electricity substations to defence-related facilities in the Baltic region, and supermarket refrigerators in France and elsewhere.

Germany blamed Russia directly for a drone attack on Leipzig airport.