New wave of bomb hoaxes hits dozens of flights across Europe

“Europe: Dozens of flights diverted following bomb threats”

Hoax bomb threats hit at least 27 affected flights around Europe this week.

“European Commission not aware whether EU false bomb threat incidents are linked”

National investigations remain ongoing

“UE afirma ser “demasiado cedo” para dizer se ameaças de bomba nos voos na Europa estão ligadas”

A União Europeia afirmou esta quinta-feira (5 de novembro) não ser ainda possível estabelecer se uma série de falsos alertas de bomba contra voos europeus estão relacionados entre si. “Estamos a monitorizar atentamente a situação e estamos em contacto com os Estados-membros afetados e a Agência Europeia para a Segurança da Aviação. O mecanismo de partilha de informação da UE foi ativado quanto à segurança aérea”, revelou no X o comissário dos Transportes, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, sublinhando ser…

“Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?”

There is no hard evidence so far linking airline bomb threats to Russia, Iran or any proxy groups.

“New wave of bomb hoaxes hits dozens of flights across Europe”

The highly unusual spate of bomb threats affected nearly 30 flights by the end of Thursday.

“New wave of bomb hoaxes hits dozens of flights across Europe”

ROME/WARSAW/EVREUX, France, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hoax bomb threats disrupted dozens of passenger flights across Europe on Thursday, forcing unplanned landings by some planes and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others, in a dramatic escalation after an initial wave earlier this week.

“European skies on high alert after hoax bomb threats this week – Europe live”

Hoax bomb threats targeted commercial flights this week leaving at least 35 planes searched or diverted Copenhagen police has just said that it is once again present at the city’s airport this morning following “threats directed at air traffic,” but insisted there was no danger to passengers. It said: “We are again present today at Copenhagen Airport in connection with threats directed at air traffic. Our immediate assessment is that there is no or has been any danger to passengers or others…

“Bomb threats cause flight disruptions across Europe”

A string of bomb threats has disrupted passenger flights across Europe in recent days, forcing...

“Hoax or bomb threats? What we know about flight disruptions across Europe”

Security inspections reveal no explosives as fighter jets escort planes amid Europe's major wave of bomb threats.

“Europe flight bomb scares continue as 11 flights targeted in Prague and Sofia”

At least eight flights to and from Prague hit by bomb threats: airport

“European air traffic targeted by new threats”

Police in Denmark and the Czech Republic have been investigating threats to air traffic, while a Romanian plane received a bomb threat following a string of hoaxes that have targeted flights and disrupted travel across Europe this week.

“Too early to draw conclusions' as bomb threat hoaxes target European countries”

Several Irish media outlets reported receiving bomb threats on Friday as a wave of hoax alerts that had so far mainly targeted airlines continued across Europe, with more than a dozen new flights affected. No explosives have been found in any of the incidents so far. European authorities are scrambling to identify the sources of the threats, as FRANCE 24's Brussels correspondent Dave Keating reports.

“European air traffic is targeted by new threats after a week of hoaxes”

Officials across Europe reported a fresh slew of bomb threats against multiple flights on Friday, following a string of hoaxes that have caused flight diversions this week. Two broadcasters also received security threats.

“Europe: What we know about the hoax bomb threats disrupting flights”

Dozens of European flights have been disrupted this week after bomb threats were sent in to various airports, with fighter planes escorting many civilian aircraft after threats were called in mid-flight.

“Europe bomb hoaxes widen”

The series of hoax bomb scares sent to several Irish media outlets and European airlines are likely part of a coordinated campaign of disruption, according to the Irish government. Dozens of commercial flights have been targetted by email with threats said to be over and above the typical hoax in specificty. Ireland's broadcaster RTE who's staff evacuated the premises this morning and several Italian airlines, say they received a mesage cliaming to be from a Russian extremist group calling…