Update (23:02 UTC, 25 September 2026): Jet2 later confirmed that after passengers reboarded, flight LS1536 completed the sector and landed at London Stansted. Metro UK reported the Boeing 737 arrived at Stansted at about 17:49 local time, citing Flightradar24 tracking and a Jet2 statement that the flight had landed as planned. Spanish authorities had still not publicly named the passenger who allegedly made the threat or confirmed charges.
Passengers on a Jet2 service from Tenerife South to London Stansted were evacuated from their aircraft on Friday morning after a bomb threat was reported on board, prompting a precautionary security response by Spain’s Guardia Civil.
The aircraft was operating flight LS1536, scheduled to leave Tenerife South (TFS) for London Stansted (STN) at 11:20 local time. Flight-information listings identify the jet as a Boeing 737-800 registered G-JZBM. According to local reporting, a passenger alerted crew or authorities that there was a bomb in luggage, which led staff to clear the cabin so security checks could begin.
Guardia Civil officers inspected the aircraft and scanned passengers’ baggage under the airport’s established threat protocol. Travellers waited off the aircraft while the search was completed. No explosive device was reported as having been found. Once officers cleared the aircraft to continue, passengers were allowed to re-board.
Jet2 confirmed that customers had been asked to leave the aircraft after an incident involving a passenger on board and said its teams worked with the relevant authorities before the flight was permitted to resume. The airline apologised for the disruption.
The flight departed Tenerife South at approximately 13:45–13:46 local time — about two and a half hours later than planned — and continued to London Stansted. Arrival into Stansted was expected around 17:46 local time under the revised schedule. The security operation also caused some temporary disruption to other airport movements while checks were under way.
Spanish media, including Diario de Avisos and Canarian Weekly, and European aviation outlet Aviation24, independently described the same sequence: a reported onboard threat, a Guardia Civil-led evacuation and baggage inspection, a clear result, and a delayed but completed departure. Authorities had not, at the time of those reports, released the passenger’s identity or confirmed whether criminal charges would follow.
Bomb threats against commercial flights are treated as serious security events even when they later prove false. Airports and airlines follow fixed protocols that prioritise clearing the cabin, isolating the aircraft, and verifying baggage before any decision to reboard. Friday’s response at Tenerife South followed that pattern: the aircraft was held, searched, and only then released to continue its scheduled service.
Jet2 is one of the United Kingdom’s largest leisure carriers to the Canary Islands, with multiple daily rotations between Stansted and Tenerife South in the peak holiday season. A delay of this length is operationally significant for a short-haul leisure turn, but the airline was able to recover the service the same afternoon without cancelling the sector.
As of Friday evening, there was no indication of a wider security alert at Tenerife South beyond the single aircraft involved. Travellers on other Jet2 or rival airline services were not reported as being evacuated. Officials had not linked the threat to any broader plot; reporting remained limited to the single LS1536 event and the subsequent clear search.
Images accompanying this article are AI-generated illustrations of a Jet2 Boeing 737-800 and are not photographs of the incident.
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