First accounts from passengers on board Aer Lingus diverted flight emerge

An Aer Lingus passenger service traveling from Dublin to Rome was diverted mid-flight to a military air base in northern France after a bomb threat was reported on board, according to Newstalk. The incident occurred on a day when multiple bomb threats affected several European flights, with this Aer Lingus flight identified as one of seven aircraft subjected to bomb-threat checks on the same day. Details such as the exact base name and the precise time of diversion were not provided in the Newstalk report.

An Anadolu Ajansı dispatch adds that the Dublin-to-Rome service was redirected to a northern French military air base amid the bomb threat, with authorities initiating emergency-response procedures as part of standard security measures. The diversion occurred while the aircraft was en route between Dublin and Rome, and the report notes searches of the aircraft and surrounding area carried out by bomb disposal teams, with no explosives or suspicious devices found.

RTE.ie confirms a mid-flight diversion to a northern French airfield, reporting that authorities rerouted the Aer Lingus Dublin-to-Rome flight in response to the threat. The Irish broadcaster frames the event within ongoing safety and security operations across Europe but does not provide specifics on the aircraft type, flight number, or whether any injuries occurred.

The Journal corroborates the Dublin-to-Rome routing and specifies that the mid-journey diversion redirected the plane to a French air base. It situates the incident within a broader pattern of security concerns affecting flights departing Dublin in recent days, including several Ryanair services, though it does not name the aircraft type or flight number.

Highland Radio reports that the Aer Lingus service diverted to Evreux Air Base in northern France after declaring an emergency prompted by the bomb threat. The broadcast notes that the French government directed the aircraft to land at the Evreux facility, aligning with other outlets’ descriptions of the diversion to a French military air base.

AirLive provides a sequence in which the Dublin-to-Rome service declared a mid-air emergency while over French airspace, was steered to Paris, and arrived at Charles de Gaulle with ground emergency crews and rescue services alerted to meet the aircraft on arrival as part of standard procedures. The report identifies the aircraft as an Airbus A320-200 registered EI-DEH and cites a departure from Dublin at 06:20 GMT, with the squawk code 7700 indicating a general emergency. Ground responders were described as being prepared to receive the aircraft on arrival.