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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office said the situation is being monitored.

French authorities say an Aer Lingus flight bound for Rome from Dublin was diverted to France on Thursday and intercepted by military aircraft following a suspected bomb threat.

Lecornu's office issued a statement saying the situation is being monitored.

According to the French air force, fighter jets were scrambled "as soon as the threat was reported".

The plane was redirected and is being escorted to Evreux airfield, west of Paris, the air force added.

Flight tracking data indicates the aircraft is operated by Aer Lingus, Ireland's flag carrier.

In a separate development, Bulgarian authorities reported bomb threats against three Ryanair flights scheduled to land in Sofia on Thursday.

The transport ministry said two of the aircraft — departing from Copenhagen and Madrid — landed in Sofia, while a third flight from London was sent to Plovdiv instead.

Thursday's disruptions follow a wave of bomb threats targeting roughly 10 European flights on Tuesday. Those incidents briefly shut down Warsaw airport and prompted Italy to scramble fighter jets over Rome, authorities said.

The UK government described the earlier threats as "malicious hoax threats".

This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.

Source: euronews.com