On November 6, a wave of bomb scares and security threats was reported that hit the skies and main European airports from November 3 to 6, 2026, involving many scheduled flights and requiring continuous intervention by security authorities and law enforcement.
On Sunday, November 3, 2026, the first incidents of the emergency occurred, with seven bomb scares recorded on board aircraft flying in European skies. Despite the immediate activation of safety procedures and operational protocols by the competent authorities, these initial incidents did not cause delays or significant consequences for general air traffic.
The following day, Monday, November 4, 2026, international surveillance and monitoring activities continued under a high-alert status by airlines, shipping providers, and law enforcement agencies in an effort to prevent further threats.
Tuesday, November 5, 2026, saw the greatest increase in threatening communications, primarily via anonymous emails written in Italian and sent from the early hours of the morning to Fiumicino and Malpensa airports. Between 7:00 and 11:00, a Wizz Air flight from Milan to Warsaw was diverted to Vienna, while the Aer Lingus Dublin-Rome flight was escorted by a French fighter jet and made an emergency landing at the Évreux-Fauville military base in Normandy for clearance. At the same time, the Finnair Helsinki-Rome flight landed at Fiumicino under escort by Italian fighter jets, while at Malpensa, police inspected the baggage and passengers of flights arriving from Thessaloniki and Porto. At the same time, three planes bound for Sofia were flanked by Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jets, a LOT Warsaw-Brussels flight was inspected on board and upon arrival, and a Wizz Air Milan-Bucharest plane was decontaminated in Romania. In the afternoon and evening, further alerts were issued on a Ryanair flight from Pescara to Charleroi due to a "bomb" sign in the restrooms. Civil Guard checks were carried out in Madrid on flights from Rome, Milan Linate, and to Paris. Aircraft were checked in Belgrade and Athens, and a LOT Paris-bound plane was stopped on the taxiway in Warsaw.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2026, tensions were significantly heightened in the Czech Republic and other European airports. On that very day, Czech police authorities and the National Center against Terrorism, Extremism, and Cybercrime organized a major emergency operation at Václav Havel Airport in Prague. Bomb squads deployed directly to the airport's runway to inspect four arriving planes (from Glasgow, Newcastle, Dublin, and Athens) and five departing planes, as well as conducting thorough checks inside the airport. Also on November 6, a TAROM flight from Prague to Bucharest was affected by a false bomb threat but landed safely at Henri Coandă Airport in Otopeni, where it was declared safe after the intervention of bomb squads. On the same day, a Ryanair flight from Rome to Lisbon was screened upon arrival in Portugal at 8:00 a.m. following a report from an agent, a Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was diverted to Venice following an anonymous call to Fiumicino control tower, a bomb threat was raised at Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport, and the French Prime Minister's office confirmed four further threats against aircraft flying over the country, all of which landed safely.
All checks and clearances carried out by bomb squads, explosive-sniffing dogs, and police on the aircraft, passengers, and baggage were negative, confirming that the threat was completely unfounded. The source of the emails sent in Italian, containing phrases such as "Today your sky will be red" and invectives against the "feminist regime," was claimed by the self-styled "Fighters of the Male State," a Russian ultranationalist and misogynistic group ( Muzhskoye Gosudarstvo or Male State) founded in 2016 by Vladislav Pozdnyakov and banned in Russia. Operational security remains the responsibility of individual airlines, airport authorities, and national law enforcement agencies.