Aer Lingus flight passenger describes ordeal as plane diverted by bomb hoax

The Aer Lingus Airbus A320 landing at Evreux military air base following a bomb threat on Thursday. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes TPX).

A passenger on an Aer Lingus flight that was escorted by fighter jets to a French airfield said his wife was “teary” thinking about their children, after a false bomb warning.

The Aer Lingus Airbus A320 left Dublin for Rome before being diverted to the Evreux air base in northern France, on Thursday, where it landed safely, after receiving a bomb threat.