BBC News: Bomb hoaxes across Europe disrupt flights as two UK airports also receive threats
BBC News: Bomb hoaxes across Europe disrupt flights as two UK airports also receive threats
Summary
At least 21 flights across Europe have been impacted by bomb threats after at least seven flights were affected by similar threats on Tuesday
Both London Heathrow and Birmingham Airports say they received threats earlier on Thursday, with Heathrow saying its was “deemed not credible”
Airport authorities in Rome say they received a threat on email from a group called “Fighters of the Male State”claiming to be targeting a “feminist regime”
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to a French military air base, one passenger tells the BBC “we were all trying to be as calm as we could”
In Prague, Czech police say no explosives were found aboard four flights, following threats about an “improvised explosive device”
An aircraft was escorted into Rome Fiumicino Airport by Italian Air Force jets, while the Bulgarian military says its jets escorted three aircraft to Sofia
