Bomb Threats Disrupt European Flights and Rattle Passengers NYT - Business By: Josephine de La BruyΓ¨re and Amelia Nierenberg 5 November 2026 at 19:39 Passengers recounted landing at a military base and being subjected to security checks and travel delays after threats that turned out to be hoaxes affected planes in Italy, Poland and Spain. Β© Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersPassengers disembarking from an Aer Lingus plane at a military air base in Γvreux, France, on Thursday after a fake bomb threat.