European air traffic targeted by new threats in at least 3 incidents
- Staff at The RTE campus in Donnybrook evacuated on Friday after receiving a bomb threat via email. Emergency services, including the Armed Response Unit, arrived at the scene as the broadcaster halted all live programming.
- Scores of media organizations across Ireland and Britain, including Newstalk, Virgin Media, and The Irish Independent, also evacuated their offices after receiving identical threats. These generic messages did not specify a particular news organization in the text.
- The incident follows hoax alerts that affected at least 27 flights across Europe on Thursday. Garda officials stated they are 'aware of a threat made against media organisations here and in Europe,' signaling a coordinated investigation.
- Programming on The RTE dropped out mid-air during Morning Ireland, and the scheduled programme Today with David McCullagh was replaced with pre-recorded music. Presenter Sarah McInerney confirmed she was among staff evacuated.
- The broadcaster stated the safety of staff is paramount while emergency services search the Donnybrook campus. The Garda will investigate the threats across media organisations, with normal services resuming following consultation.
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Air traffic has been affected this Friday in several European countries due to new bomb threats. At least eight flights to or from Prague have been the subject of a new alert in recent hours, according to the airport of the Czech capital to AFP. "The threats affect flights from Denmark, Spain and Great Britain. As for departure flights, these are flights to the Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and Great Britain", said a spokesman for the airp…
The alert was activated after the network received a threatening message in an email that has also been sent to other media outlets in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Several Irish media organisations, including public broadcaster RTÉ, have been evacuated after a bomb threat. An RTÉ radio presenter says the organisation received an email warning that a “bomb will detonate in 45 minutes”.
Security alert in Ireland, after several important media institutions, including public television RTÉ, received bomb threats and had to evacuate their employees. It all started from a message sent by e-mail, in which the sender warns that an explosive device was to detonate in only 45 minutes. The police intervened at the target locations, and some radio stations temporarily interrupted their broadcast. Threats come after a similar wave of aler…
France, Portugal, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Denmark have all made allegations of bomb threats on their airlines.
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