Aer Lingus flight diverted after declaring an emergency

An Aer Lingus flight operating from Dublin to Rome diverted to Evreux Air Base in northern France after declaring an emergency, according to Highland Radio. The report states the emergency was prompted by a bomb threat and notes that the French government directed the aircraft to land at the Evreux facility.

AirLive details the sequence by stating the Dublin-to-Rome service declared a mid-air emergency while over French airspace and was steered to Paris, with the aircraft an Airbus A320-200 registered EI-DEH. It notes the flight departed Dublin at 06:20 GMT and was approximately 90 minutes into the journey when the squawk code 7700 was transmitted, signaling a general emergency on board, and that the plane was routed for an immediate approach into Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG). Ground emergency crews and rescue services were reportedly alerted to meet the aircraft on arrival as part of standard procedures.

Newstalk’s coverage describes the flight as a passenger service from Dublin to Rome that was diverted mid-flight to a northern French air base after a bomb threat. It characterizes the incident as part of a wider wave of security checks affecting multiple flights on the day, with seven aircraft subjected to bomb-threat inspections, and notes that the Aer Lingus aircraft subsequently redirected to northern France for security procedures.

The Journal corroborates that the Dublin-to-Rome routing was diverted mid-journey to a French air base, and places the event within a broader pattern of security concerns affecting flights departing Dublin in recent days, including several Ryanair services. It emphasizes that the diversion followed the bomb threat and that the incident occurred amid related disruptions.

RTE.ie confirms a mid-flight diversion to a northern French airfield, reporting to be in line with Euronews and other outlets, and states that authorities rerouted the Dublin-to-Rome flight in response to the threat. The broadcaster frames the event as part of ongoing safety and security operations across Europe, without providing specifics on aircraft type, flight number, or injuries.

The Anadolu Ajansı dispatch adds that the diversion occurred amid a bomb threat that disrupted two flights arriving at Rome’s airport and activated emergency-response procedures. Investigators were described as conducting searches of the aircraft and surrounding areas with bomb disposal teams, and no explosives or suspicious devices were reported found in the checks, according to Anadolu Ajansı.

Euronews identifies the diversion as a Dublin-to-Rome flight redirected to a French air base in northern France, drawing on information from the office of French official Sébastien Lecornu. It notes that the French prime minister’s office was monitoring the developing situation as journalists continued to report updates, signaling active government involvement in the response. The reports collectively place the Dublin-to-Rome diversion within a broader European security context.

The Aviation Hub provides explicit procedural detail, noting the aircraft involved was an Airbus A320 and that the diversion to Évreux Air Base occurred after a bomb threat was received mid-flight, with squawking 7700 to signal a general emergency. It emphasizes standard safety protocols and emergency procedures at the French base, aligning with other outlets’ descriptions of a mid-flight diversion to a military airfield for threat assessment and checks.

LBC’s coverage, cited by multiple outlets, aligns with the mid-flight diversion to a French military air base in response to a bomb alert, indicating that authorities redirected the Dublin-to-Rome flight mid-air and initiated formal checks and aviation-security procedures upon arrival at the base. This mirrors the other outlets’ core sequence of events and situates the incident within a broader security-disruption context.

The Times of India notes a wider disruption pattern tied to the incident, mentioning that another leg involved a London-bound flight diverted to Warsaw-Modlin Airport for an emergency landing, with 181 passengers on board and bomb-disposal personnel en route. It places the Dublin-to-Rome diversion within a larger cluster of bomb-threat disruptions affecting European flights, although it does not provide further operational specifics about the Aer Lingus service.