European Air Traffic Is Targeted Again by Bomb Threats After a Week of Hoaxes
Eurocontrol said 14 flights were threatened Thursday and four more were targeted over French airspace Friday, causing diversions and inspections.
- On Friday, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's office reported "four new bomb threats were made today against aircraft flying over French territory," with planes landing safely at Orly Airport for inspection.
- Eurocontrol reported threats against 14 flights on Thursday and seven on Tuesday, representing only 0.05% of nearly 26,300 flights across Europe, while the authority monitors to mitigate disruption.
- In Hungary, fighter jets escorted three passenger planes Friday, while a WizzAir flight from Prague to Rome diverted to Venice after a bomb alert; security searches found no explosives.
- Security threats also reached broadcasters: Dublin's RTE was evacuated Friday after a bomb threat, and UK-based Sky received a "security threat," suggesting the menace is spreading beyond aviation.
- Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin warned the threats illustrate how "simple it can be to cause disruption," noting a very significant security operation is planned for next week's European Political Community and European Union meetings in Dublin.
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European air traffic was confronted with a series of bomb threats three times this week. At least ten aircraft were affected. One of them was a KLM flight from Prague to Amsterdam. As far as is known, no bomb was found anywhere, and no one was injured. The threats appear to be primarily intended to disrupt civil aviation. There were few consequences for air traffic as a whole. European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol reports that fourteen…
Cases are on the increase: since Tuesday, numerous bomb threats have been received against flights in European airspace - more are now being added. There are also almost identical incidents in other sectors.
Flights Across Europe Get Bomb Threats Again After String Of Hoaxes
No suspicious items were found and no one was injured, but the threats have raised concern because they came as Europe digests other recent disruptions - including attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems and drone incursions.
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