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Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control
BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.
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Bomb Hoaxes Test Europe’s Airlines as Geopolitical Pressures Mount
None of this week’s threats has proved real, but each one still cost a diversion, a search and a rebuilt schedule. Whoever sent them, the hoaxes have added to a list of disruptions, from conflict-driven fuel costs to closed airspace, that is making routine flying in Europe ever more challenging.