Aer Lingus Dublin to Rome flight diverted to French air force base after bomb alert

An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 operating flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Evreux Fauville Air Base in Normandy, France, on Thursday after a bomb alert, the office of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed. Aer Lingus said the aircraft landed safely. Tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed the plane was cruising normally at 37,000 feet about one hour into its journey, just west of Paris, before it began descending and making a series of loops prior to landing at the military base.

Thursday's incident is part of a broader wave of bomb threats targeting European aviation this week. At least nine flights across the continent have been subjected to such threats, forcing some to divert and causing an airport in Poland to briefly close, though no explosive devices have been found in the incidents reported so far.