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<p>Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received emailed bomb threats on Friday from a purported “Mikhail Andropov”, claiming responsibility for a widening wave of hoax threats <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2042486/bomb-threats-continue-to-plague-flights-to-european-destinations">disrupting</a> passenger flights across Europe.</p> <p>The messages, sent to
Ireland’s government said on Friday that hoax bomb claims sent to Irish media outlets amid a spate of threats against Europe-wide flights were “likely” part of a “co-ordinated campaign of disruption”.
ROME/WARSAW/EVREUX, France, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hoax bomb threats disrupted dozens of passenger flights across Europe on Thursday, forcing unplanned landings by some planes and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others, in a dramatic escalation after an initial wave earlier this week.
Multiple flights across Europe have been hit by bomb threats for the second time this week.
No hazardous or suspicious materials have been found in what a British official called "malicious" hoaxes.
Hoax bomb threats affected at least 27 flights around Europe today from Ireland to Bulgaria, forcing some to make unplanned landings and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others.
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