Bomb alert on two flights that landed safely at Milan airport, ANSA news agency says

Two flights diverted to Milan Malpensa following bomb alerts, both of which landed safely at their Milan destination, according to ANSA. The two affected flights were an Aegean Airlines service from Thessaloniki and a Ryanair flight from Porto. No additional specifics about aircraft types, exact times, or the nature of the alerts were available in the source material beyond the fact that the landings occurred without incident, as reported by ANSA and echoed by GMA Network citing an airport source.

Emergency-response actions in Milan included standard security procedures following a bomb threat. Police and bomb disposal personnel conducted follow-up inspections of the aircraft and the surrounding areas as part of the precautionary measures to ensure there were no explosives or suspicious items on board or nearby. This level of response aligns with the procedures described by GMA Network, which referenced the involvement of emergency responders and bomb disposal teams.

Beyond the Milan events, Devdiscourse reported a separate incident involving a Finnair passenger flight en route from Helsinki to Rome, which was escorted into Rome’s Fiumicino airport by Italian air force jets after a bomb alert. Devdiscourse characterized the escort as a safety operation and noted that the plane arrived safely under escort, though it did not provide details on aircraft type, timing, or the alert’s specifics. The report situates the Italian security posture within a broader wave of alerts across Europe, even though it concerns a different flight and airport from the Milan Malpensa events.

An Anadolu Ajansı report adds that bomb threats disrupted two flights arriving at Rome’s Fiumicino and triggered emergency-response procedures in the area, with bomb-disposal teams conducting searches of the aircraft and surrounding zones. The agency stated that no explosives or suspicious devices were found as part of the checks and ongoing investigations aimed at safeguarding passengers and crew near the affected flights. This helps illustrate the wider Italian and European response during the same period.

France 24 provided Europe-wide context, noting that at least 10 European carriers were affected and that four Ryanair flights were among those impacted, with security mobilization including the temporary closure of Warsaw’s airport and the scrambling of air force planes in Rome. French coverage highlighted that officials described the threats as hoaxes with no injuries reported, framing the Milan incidents as part of a continent-wide precautionary wave. The Times of Israel and various outlets echoed the broad pattern of threats and responses.

GMA Network reported the two Milan Malpensa landings with time markers: the Aegean Airlines flight from Thessaloniki arriving around 0830 GMT and the Ryanair flight from Porto arriving approximately an hour later, citing the same airport-source information. According to GMA Network, emergency responders—police and bomb disposal teams—carried out follow-up checks of baggage and crew connected with the two flights to ensure no explosives or suspicious items were present on board or in the surrounding areas, consistent with standard procedures after bomb threats. Reuters and other outlets noted a wider cascade of incidents across Europe in the same period, placing the Milan events within a broader security climate, but did not introduce new specific details for the Milan pair beyond ANSA’s reporting.

Other outlets in the aggregated coverage described additional related disruptions in Europe: a London-originating flight diverted to Warsaw-Modlin for emergency landing with 181 people on board, and a Madrid-area security posture with multiple carriers’ operations affected by threats. While these details help paint the overall scene of widespread precautionary measures, they do not alter the Milan Malpensa account's core facts, which remain that both Milan arrivals landed safely, and authorities conducted standard post-threat inspections without reporting injuries or confirmed explosives in the Milan context.