Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Barcelona due to bomb alert  

A Turkish Airlines aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Barcelona after a potential bomb threat was detected by the crew. 

The aircraft, an Airbus A321 (registration TC-JRR) was operating flight TK1853 between Istanbul (IST) and Barcelona-El Prat (BCN) and landed safely at around 11:00 local time. The aircraft taxied to a remote area of the airport where all 148 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated. 

The alert was triggered during the last stage of the flight, when the aircraft was over the Western Mediterranean near the island of Sardinia. A member of the crew noticed a passenger had created an internet access profile on the aircraft’s inflight connectivity system with a username that could be interpreted as having contained a bomb threat. 

Upon declaring emergency, two fighter jets, one French and one Spanish, were scrambled and escorted the airliner until it landed in Barcelona. 

Recuperamos operación normal después de incidente de seguridad en el aeropuerto de #Barcelona. Ha aterrizado por pista 02 del aeropuerto de El Prat un avión procedente de Turquía con posible amenaza de bomba. Hemos detenido momentáneamente tanto el tráfico en aproximación… pic.twitter.com/8VPbwlKRFR— Controladores Aéreos (@controladores) January 15, 2026Once the evacuation was completed, security forces proceeded to check both the aircraft and the passengers, with no explosives reportedly being found. 

Així han evacuat els passatgers de l’avió de Turkish Airlines que ha aterrat d’emergència a l’Aeroport el Prat per una amenaça de bomba https://t.co/Q24do1l5fW pic.twitter.com/vvuUQ7MMoA— 3CatInfo (@3CatInfo) January 15, 2026During the event, Barcelona airport continued to operate as normal, said Spanish airport operator AENA.  The post Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Barcelona due to bomb alert   appeared first on AeroTime.

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