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French prosecutors are investigating a series of fake bomb threats that targeted commercial flights in Europe this week, including trying to establish whether foreign powers may be involved. Those responsible for the bogus threats have not been identified.
After a week of disruption, airlines are facing both safety and financial concerns.
The "weakest point of aviation is targeting it in-flight," analysts say — but any change to procedures will be a lengthy process.
No link has been established between the threats against the airlines and those against the media outlets.
A string of hoax alerts causing flight diversions across Europe this week has broadened to include newsrooms.
Newsrooms have been evacuated across Ireland after another wave of bomb threats. Dublin is hosting a high-level EU meeting in several days.
Newsrooms have been evacuated across Ireland after another wave of bomb threats. Dublin is hosting a high-level EU meeting in several days.
Security inspections reveal no explosives as fighter jets escort planes amid Europe's major wave of bomb threats.
Bomb threats are causing travel disruptions at airports across Europe, targeting at least 27 flights.
At least 21 flights across Europe are affected in what the UK government calls a "malicious hoax threat".
At least a dozen flights were either diverted or landed with a military escort after bomb or security threats. The first reported case involved a flight from Dublin to Rome landing outside Paris and more soon followed.
Dozens of flights across Europe reported bomb threats this week, disrupting air travel across London, Dublin, and Helsinki.
Bomb threats forced airliners to make unplanned landings across Europe on Thursday morning, the latest in a series of threats targeting flights in Europe. While no country has attributed blame for the threats, they come at a time when European officials have been blaming both Russia and Iran for what they describe as "hybrid attacks" and acts of sabotage. Moscow and Tehran both deny any such campaign. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
At least seven flights and an Israel-bound cruise ship received threats, but officials say searches found no explosives.
Britain's Jodie Burrage receives death threats and abuse on social media after she is beaten in her first WTA Tour singles match proper for 16 months.
Bomb threats targeted at least 10 European airlines on Tuesday, forcing the temporary closure of a Warsaw airport and affecting at least four Ryanair flights. No explosives were found after the planes all took off and landed safely in different European cities.
Planes in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy have been checked for explosives following separate threats.
