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According to The Guardian, bomb threats reported against commercial flights across Europe affected 19 flights, with diversions, security checks and evacuations carried out at several airports. Authorities and airlines said a number of the alerts were false alarms or unfounded, while investigations continued.

An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Evreux, France, as a security precaution. France said passengers and crew were moved to a safe place while a bomb squad inspected the aircraft. Rome later reported that checks had negative results and airport operations were not affected.

Flights linked to reports included Ryanair services bound for Sofia, a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels, Wizz Air flights involving Warsaw and Bucharest, Finnair flights from Helsinki, and four unidentified flights at Prague airport. Prague police said no explosives were found on four planes and that counter-terror and cybercrime units were investigating.

At Madrid-Barajas, Iberia said alerts involving flights from Milan and Rome were false alarms. The aircraft landed at about 10am and passengers disembarked without incident under security protocols. Air Europa said its Madrid-to-Paris flight was evacuated and checked before departing and landing in Paris without problems. Air Serbia said checks after its Belgrade-to-Bucharest service landed found the reported threat unfounded.

Threats received at Heathrow and Birmingham were assessed as not credible, while operations continued normally, according to reports cited by the Guardian. The EU transport commissioner said it was too early to determine whether the threats were linked. Investigators said there was no evidence that the hoaxes were being orchestrated by a hostile state or terror group.