{"id":470353,"date":"2026-11-05T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/05\/allarmi-bomba-su-oltre-20-voli-tzitzikostas-ogni-minaccia-ai-civili-e-inaccettabile\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:27:55","slug":"bomb-threats-on-more-than-20-flights-tzitzikostas-any-threat-to-civilians-is-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/bomb-threats-on-more-than-20-flights-tzitzikostas-any-threat-to-civilians-is-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threats on more than 20 flights; Tzitzikostas: \u201cAny threat to civilians is unacceptable\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 A spate of bomb threats has caused chaos in European airspace, with over 20 flights affected, seven of which involved Italy: an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome that was diverted to Evreux, in France; a Wizz Air flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Ok\u0119cie, which was diverted to Vienna, Austria; and a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino. Also affected were a Wizz Air flight from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest, an Aegean Airlines flight from Thessaloniki to Milan Malpensa and a Ryanair flight from Porto to Milan Malpensa. The other flights involved are three Ryanair flights (from Madrid to Sofia, from Copenhagen to Sofia and from London Stansted to Sofia), a Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels and a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Vienna, as well as four as yet unidentified flights to Prague and three to Madrid. These incidents come on top of this week\u2019s cyber-attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, fuelling fears of a hybrid war aimed at destabilising Europe. The European Transport Commissioner,<\/a> Apostolos Tzitzikostas,<\/strong> said \u201cIt is too early to draw conclusions as to whether the reported incidents are linked,\u201d but \u201cany threat to civilians is unacceptable. Ensuring safety and security remains a priority.\u201d The Commissioner also explained that the Commission is \u201cmonitoring\u201d the situation and is in contact with Member States and the EU Aviation Safety Agency.<\/p>\n

The threats have all turned out to be false, but responsibility has yet to be established<\/strong>. A source at Aeroporti di Roma has confirmed to The Guardian<\/em><\/b><\/a> that the false threats concerning the Helsinki\u2013Rome and Dublin\u2013Rome flights originated from an anonymous email written in Italian with the subject line “threat report”. The email was signed in the name of the \u201cCombattenti dello Stato Maschile (Fighters of the Male State)\u201d and stated that they intended to strike against a \u201cfeminist regime\u201d and to \u201cleave their mark on history.\u201d The email, sent to ADR and its affiliated companies, also threatened to \u201cpaint the sky red\u201d with explosions. In a separate incident involving a Ryanair flight from Pescara to Charleroi Airport, a suspicious message containing the word “bomb” was found in the aircraft\u2019s toilet, triggering a security procedure. Following a thorough inspection of passengers and luggage, the alert was called off. <\/p>\n

The Finnair flight from Helsinki to Fiumicino was escorted by Italian Air Force jets, a \u201cnormal\u201d procedure according to the Defence Minister, Guido Crosetto<\/strong>, who points out that he has been discussing \u201cthe issue of hybrid threats for three or four years now; there is no need for a summit today.\u201d This is \u201cwork that has been carried out over recent years and which must continue and be stepped up. It seems to me that now, every day \u2013 he adds \u2013 from fridges to blood supplies in France, to these false alarms, there is someone with an interest in fuelling tensions. We, on the other hand, have an interest in doing the opposite: in ensuring the country\u2019s security,\u201d he emphasises. \u201cThe work is ongoing, constant, and involves all sectors of the state that must deal with it: Defence for its part, the relevant sector, the police and anyone else with responsibility for it,\u201d he points out, emphasising that this is \u201ca strategy to generate chaos,\u201d \u201cstir up anxiety\u201d and \u201ccreate a climate of fear.\u201d <\/p>\n

Although airlines occasionally receive bomb threats, \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever seen this level of coordination before,\u201d Ben Smith<\/strong>, chief executive of Air France-KLM, told the Financial Times<\/em>, explaining that the group, which has not yet been the target of any attacks, has robust protocols in place and does not need to make any changes, despite this week\u2019s series of threats. These incidents should not lead consumers to \u201cslow down or scale back their travel plans,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are fairly confident that we have put everything in place to ensure minimal or no impact on our operations,\u201d he said. \u201cWe maintain the highest level of vigilance at all times.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The Transport Commissioner explains that the Commission is \u201cmonitoring\u201d the situation in conjunction with the Member States and the European Aviation Safety Agency. There were seven cases involving Italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7182,"featured_media":470341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,25712],"tags":[36538,29332,36539,27726,36540,33394],"class_list":["post-470353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-general-news","tag-allarmi","tag-apostolos-tzitzikostasat","tag-bomba","tag-voliat","tag-minaccia","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470354,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470353\/revisions\/470354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}