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Center Owned by The Avenue MailMultiple European flights diverted over bomb threats
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Britain's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told broadcasters that flights across Europe have been hit by malicious hoax threats. According to local media and airline statements, more than a dozen passenger flights received bomb threats on Thursday, leading several aircraft to divert and prompting security checks at airports in multiple countries. Officials said the threats prompted searches and diversions, and in one instance an aircraft was escorted by the Italian air force until landing. The incidents have been described as hoax bomb threats.
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European aviation authorities responded to a wave of bomb threats on Thursday as multiple commercial flights executed emergency landings across the continent. A Finnair flight traveling from Helsinki to Rome received a bomb threat mid-flight, according to Finnish broadcaster Yle. Pilot crews landed…
