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'Malicious Hoaxes': Several Flights In Europe Diverted After Bomb Threats

'Malicious Hoaxes': Several Flights In Europe Diverted After Bomb Threats

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Several flights across Europe were diverted after bomb threats described as malicious hoaxes. Britain's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told broadcasters that flights have been hit by such threats. Over 20 alerts in three days targeted airlines operating to or from cities including Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, Warsaw, Rome, Sofia and Vienna. More than a dozen passenger flights received bomb threats on Thursday, prompting diversions and security checks at airports in multiple countries. An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 was among the aircraft affected.

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Britain's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told British broadcasters that flights across Europe have been hit by "malicious hoax threats."

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'Malicious Hoaxes': Several Flights In Europe Diverted After Bomb Threats

Britain's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told British broadcasters that flights across Europe have been hit by "malicious hoax threats."

The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats after earlier hoaxes

PARIS: Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats, authorities said. The incidents followed hoax bomb threats earlier this week that prompted searches, diversions and in one case, a military escort. At least eight flights from…

India TV Right Independent News Service

Multiple European flights hit with diversions, emergency landing after bomb threats; second instance in a week

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