Another passenger plane forced into emergency landing after bomb threat over Europe

The Aer Lingus plane was diverted mid-air (Picture: Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

A passenger plane has been diverted to a French airbase after a bomb threat.

The Dublin to Rome flight was forced to change its course to Évreux air base in Eure, north of Paris, after the warning, the office of France’s Prime Minister said.

The Aer Lingus jet is still in the air and no details have been released about the alert.

Flight tracker FlightRadar shows the plane making flying in circles of France and is close to landing at Évreux air base.

The plane is still in the air is close to the French air base

The chaos comes two days after around ten commercial flights, including two from the UK, were targeted by bomb threats.

None of the flights, which included at least four Ryanair flights, were affected, but no suspicious devices were found.

A LOT aircraft from London Heathrow had to be diverted to Warsaw-Modlin after the warning, while a Manchester jet was affected en route to Murcia in Spain.

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