
Bomb threats have been directed against aircraft in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Portugal, among others, as well as against planes in French airspace. Several threats have turned out to be false alarms.
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Several European airports and airplanes have for a short time been affected by bomb threats that have so far turned out to be false alarms.
Czech police stated on Friday that bomb threats were directed at planes that were supposed to land and take off in Prague, reports Reuters. It is reported as a false alarm and no explosives have been found. Departing flights leave as scheduled after checks.
A Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was forced to divert to Venice airport on Friday, Reuters reports. They have now landed safely. First there was information that the threats should have been received via telephone calls to air traffic control at Rome airport, but they have now been withdrawn according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
The Danish police also state that they are investigating threats directed at Copenhagen Airport during Friday. They are on site and make an initial assessment that there should be no danger to the passengers and air traffic is running as usual, reports Reuters. On Thursday, a military bomb squad investigated two planes at Copenhagen airport, no findings were made.
In Portugal, the police have investigated a Ryanair plane that was at Lisbon airport, after receiving an alert through international police cooperation, Correio da Manha reports, among others.
At lunchtime on Monday, Reuters reports that bomb threats have been directed at four planes over French airspace.
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