Multiple planes diverted as bomb threats to commercial flights reported across Europe – live
An Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome was safely diverted to France's Evreux airbase following a bomb threat, the French prime minister's office said Thursday, in the latest in a series of threats targeting flights across Europe.
Key points
- Fifteen flights across Europe have received bomb threats so far today, with some forced to divert Tell us: have you been affected by the bomb threats?
- And the Italian news agency Ansa reported that two more planes with links to Italy were affected by bomb threats this morning: that’s a WizzAir service from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw, which reportedly landed in Vienna, and a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino.
- Flights make emergency landings in France, Italy and Bulgaria days after bomb threats disrupted air traffic.
Multiple other flights in Europe also made emergency landings after being diverted because of bomb threats, authorities said.
Bomb threats forced airliners to make unplanned landings across Europe on Thursday morning, the latest in a series of threats targeting flights in Europe.
Additional details
- Belgian newspaper Le Soir also reported a bomb threat against a LOT Polish Airline flight from Warsaw, which now landed at Zaventem.
- While no country has attributed blame for the threats, they come at a time when European officials have been blaming both Russia and Iran for what they describe as "hybrid attacks" and acts of sabotage.
- FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
- Moscow and Tehran both deny any such campaign.
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