European air traffic disrupted by fresh wave of bomb threats

A fresh wave of bomb threats disrupted air traffic across Europe, affecting at least 18 flights, according to the Guardian. The newspaper reported that all affected aircraft landed safely and subsequent searches revealed no explosive devices. Media organisations in Ireland and the United Kingdom were also affected by the apparently coordinated effort to cause travel chaos. [1][2]

The latest alerts targeted flights arriving in or departing from Bulgaria, Czechia, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and the United Kingdom, the Guardian reported. Danish police investigated a separate threat against Copenhagen airport, though the airport confirmed that operations remained normal. [1]

These warnings follow earlier incidents this week. The Guardian reported that threats on Tuesday and Thursday forced at least 35 flights to be searched or diverted. As FTMQ News reported earlier, four passenger aircraft made precautionary or emergency landings on Tuesday after receiving bomb scares. Modlin airport near Warsaw was temporarily closed during a search, and an Italian Air Force jet escorted a Ryanair flight from Dublin into Rome. [1][6]

Regarding the earlier incidents, security services previously assessed an 80 percent probability that Russian intelligence orchestrated the threats, as FTMQ News reported previously. Bomb disposal units use specialized explosive ordnance disposal procedures to render such hazardous explosive devices safe. [3][7]