A TAROM aircraft operating flight ROT226 from Prague to Bucharest landed safely at Henri Coandă International Airport at 12:19 p.m. following a bomb threat. There were 102 passengers on board at the time of the incident. According to the National Company of Bucharest Airports (CNAB), standard procedural measures were initiated in coordination with state authorities immediately following the alert. Officials confirmed that air traffic at the airport continued to operate normally and according to the flight schedule. This incident occurred amidst a series of bomb threats targeting multiple aircraft across Europe on Thursday, November 5. Earlier that day, a flight from Milan to Bucharest carrying 182 passengers and seven crew members was also subject to a bomb threat. That aircraft landed safely, and a pyrotechnic team from the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) conducted an inspection, which determined the threat was unfounded. Additional threats were reported on the same day involving other flights destined for Otopeni, including a KLM aircraft traveling to Tel Aviv with a stopover in Bucharest, which underwent security checks. Furthermore, an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a French airbase after receiving a bomb threat; the aircraft landed safely under the escort of French military jets.
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