Two planes land safely at Milan airport after bomb alerts

Two planes arriving at Milan’s Malpensa airport were subjected to bomb alerts but landed safely, according to an airport source. The two affected flights were an Aegean Airlines service coming from Thessaloniki and a Ryanair service coming from Porto, with both aircraft subsequently conducting safe landings at Milan Malpensa, the airport source said.

Emergency responders including police and bomb disposal experts conducted follow-up actions as part of the response. They inspected baggage and crew connected with the two flights to ensure there were no explosives or suspicious items on board or in the surrounding areas, in line with standard procedures after bomb threats, as reported by GMA Network.

Times and sequence details indicate the Aegean Airlines flight from Thessaloniki arrived at approximately 0830 GMT, followed by the Ryanair flight from Porto about an hour later. Those timing details were provided by the same airport source cited by GMA Network and describe the window during which the security checks and confirmations took place prior to the aircrafts’ safe landings.

Across the wider incident wave noted in the coverage, Reuters reported that several European flights were diverted or forced to conduct emergency landings on Thursday in response to bomb threats, with precautionary searches undertaken across multiple countries and no explosives located on board any aircraft. This broader context situates the Malpensa events within a continent-wide pattern of precautionary actions.

France 24 added that the threats affected at least 10 European airlines and prompted a broad security mobilization, including the temporary closure of Warsaw’s airport and the scrambling of air force planes in Rome. It highlighted that four Ryanair flights were among those impacted and that officials described the threats as hoaxes with no injuries reported. This framing helps explain the heightened security backdrop surrounding the Italian response.

The Times of Israel corroborated the wave of threats, noting at least 10 European airlines were targeted and several Ryanair flights affected, with Warsaw airport briefly closed for precautionary searches and all affected aircraft subsequently landing or resuming service after checks, with no injuries reported. This adds to the multi-country dimension of the events reported around the same period.

Devdiscourse contributed additional reporting by noting a Finnair passenger flight from Helsinki to Rome was escorted into Fiumicino by Italian air force jets, arriving safely under escort, and that bomb disposal teams conducted searches around the affected areas. The article did not provide details on aircraft type or exact time beyond the escort and safe arrival.

An Anadolu Ajansı report and the Times of India coverage described related disruptions, including emergency procedures and searches at Rome Fiumicino and a London-bound flight diverted to Warsaw-Modlin Airport for inspection, with passengers evacuated as searches proceeded. These pieces illustrate the connectivity of the incidents across major European hubs and the role of emergency services in securing airports and aircraft.

La Veu Lliure summarized the broader wave of threats, noting emergency procedures, aircraft diversions, and bomb disposal deployments across several countries, with no injuries and no confirmed explosives found so far. It additionally described a Dublin-to-Rome diversion to Évreux in northern France, with similar safety checks following a bomb threat.

Across multiple outlets, Cyprus Mail and Euronews cited a Dublin-to-Rome diversion to a French airbase at Évreux, confirming government confirmation of ongoing monitoring while not providing further aircraft-specific details. The cross-border evacuations and searches depicted by these sources align with the documented security posture during the events.