Multiple European flights diverted over bomb threats determined to be hoaxes
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At least a dozen flights across Europe, including from Dublin, Madrid, and Warsaw, were diverted or grounded due to bomb threats that authorities have determined were unfounded hoaxes. No explosives or hazardous materials have been found, and no casualties have been reported, though officials deployed bomb squads and took security precautions at airports across the continent.
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Bomb threats disrupt several flights across Europe (opens DW in a new tab)
At least a dozen flights were either diverted or landed with a military escort after bomb or security threats. The first reported case involved a flight from Dublin to Rome landing outside Paris and more soon followed.
Mid-air chaos: Multiple flights in Europe diverted due to bomb threats (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats (opens Fox News in a new tab)
At least 11 planes from cities, including Dublin, Madrid, and Warsaw, were diverted or grounded over bomb threats that have been determined to be unfounded.
Wave of Bomb Threats Target Flights All Across Europe (opens NBC News in a new tab)
Flights across Europe have been targeted in a wave of alarming bomb threats. There have been no casualties, and no explosives have so far been found, but officials are taking precautions with bomb squads deployed in airports across the continent. NBC’s…
Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats after earlier hoaxes (opens France 24 in a new tab)
Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats. The incidents followed hoax bomb threats earlier this week that prompted searches, diversions and in one case a military escort.
Bomb threats disrupt flights across Europe, cause chaos for travelers (opens CBS News in a new tab)
A series of bomb threats diverted passenger flights across Europe, raising questions for investigators. CBS News' Holly Williams has the latest.
More than a dozen flights in Europe receive bomb threats that an official calls 'malicious' hoaxes (opens PBS NewsHour in a new tab)
No hazardous or suspicious materials have been found in what a British official called "malicious" hoaxes.
