Police investigate electronic bomb threat at Ngurah Rai Airport
The message arrived Sunday night, Aug. 2, but the airport kept operating normally after an initial sweep found no bomb indicators.
Police at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport are investigating a suspected bomb threat sent by electronic message to I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali. The information was received on Sunday, 2 August 2026, at 21.58 Wita. After the message arrived, the airport security committee, police and related agencies carried out threat-response procedures under applicable standards. An initial search found no indication the threat was real, so flight operations and airport services continued safely, smoothly and under control. Police are now tracing the source of the information, including summoning parties who received the message, while warning the public not to spread hoaxes or joke bomb threats at national vital objects.