Bomb Threats Have Disrupted More than 20 Flights Across Europe This Week. Here’s What We Know
- More than 20 flights across Europe have been impacted by a string of hoax bomb threats this week, disrupting travel plans and forcing countries to scramble fighter jets.
- Threats targeting Rome Fiumicino Airport in Italy arrived via email from an anti-feminist group calling itself "The Male State," which the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism linked to a Russian movement that later supported the Ukraine war.
- On Thursday, passengers and crew on at least 14 planes faced disruptions, including four flight diversions in the Czech Republic, an Aer Lingus flight diverted to France, and two others rerouted to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
- British transport minister Heidi Alexander confirmed all threats have proven false, with no explosive devices found, as airports rely on established processes for managing malicious hoaxes.
- Security analysts suggest the threats may be part of a broader hybrid campaign, noting similarities to recent cyberattacks on European supermarket refrigeration systems that officials link to Russian state actors.
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At least 18 flights in Europe have been hit by bomb threats, with the majority of them related to Italy, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Eight of the flights were bound for Italy, and no explosive devices were found during inspections of the planes. The alerts were sent by email to Italian airports. The case is being investigated by the aviation police and the cybercrime unit. Investigators do not rule out a connection between today's messages …
Bomb threats have disrupted more than 20 flights across Europe this week. Here’s what we know
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 flights across Europe have been impacted by a string of hoax bomb threats this week, disrupting travel plans and in some cases forcing countries to scramble fighter jets.Over a dozen flights were impacted on Thursday, including four flight diversions in the Czech Republic and two in
For now there is no information to indicate a certain group or a state actor, such as Russia, that is behind the attacks. Beginning on Monday, the alerts continued on Wednesday and multiplied on Thursday when they affected races from at least seven states, including Romania. British newspaper The Guardian has put everything we know in mind...
After the threats that targeted more than a dozen European flights this Thursday, for the third time in a week, the air transport expert Gérard Feldzer decrypts to "Liberation" the novelty and importance of this phenomenon.
Geneva, 5 Nov (EFE).- The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which brings together more than 300 airlines around the world, condemned the new wave of false bomb threats that this Thursday has affected various flights in Europe, and asked the authorities to investigate their origin. "We condemn these attempts to disrupt [...] The entry New wave of bomb threats affects 18 flights in European countries, including Spain was first publis…
On Thursday, at least 27 flights across Europe -- from Ireland to Bulgaria -- faced false bomb threats. This is the second wave of its kind within the week, forcing some planes to carry out unplanned landings, while fighter planes were committed to escorting or detaining others.Although no state has taken responsibility for these threats, they come at a time when many European officials accuse Russia It stands behind acts of sabotage and “hybrid…
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