
Several European commercial flights targeted since Monday by anonymous threats
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Since Monday, several European commercial flights have been the target of false bomb threats. In France, air policing is carried out by the air force under the ultimate responsibility of the Prime Minister.
It only took a few anonymous and malicious messages to disrupt European air traffic. Since Monday, several commercial flights have been the target of false bomb threats.
On Thursday, an A 320 from the Aer Lingus company, which left Dublin for Rome, was diverted to the Évreux air base after being “intercepted” in the French sky, that is to say accompanied by a Rafale then a Mirage 2000 from the Air Force, assigned to the “permanent security posture” mission. “As the pilot did not cooperate as expected, the Prime Minister immediately ordered that fighter planes intercept the plane and escort it,” Matignon reported. Each case must be “taken seriously”, assures a military source. In France, air policing is carried out by the air force under the ultimate responsibility of the Prime Minister.
The wave of false alarms affected all of Europe. Thursday, at least 27 flights from different companies, such as Aer…
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The authorities will open an investigation to identify the origin of the false alerts.
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