European flight bomb threats wave

Authorities and airlines say all flights targeted by Thursday morning's bomb alerts across Europe landed safely, according to Le Soir.

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The European Commission has activated an EU mechanism to exchange aviation security information on the bomb alerts, Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas says.

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Bulgaria's air force scrambled MiG-29 jets to escort three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia after bomb threats, the BBC reports.

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France's Prime Minister's office says 151 passengers and six crew from the Dublin-Rome flight diverted to Evreux are safe.

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At least six bomb alerts hit flights at Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, with two planes diverted, ANSA reports. Italian prosecutors have been informed.

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More than 20 bomb hoaxes have hit European flights this week, with Ryanair the target of at least seven, according to RTE.

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Expresso reports at least 16 European commercial flights were hit by bomb threats Thursday morning, with diversions and forced landings.

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Bulgarian authorities say three aircraft made emergency landings in Bulgaria after bomb threats on Thursday morning.

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Expresso reports at least 15 European commercial flights were hit by bomb threats this morning, with diversions and forced landings.

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At least 12 European flights faced bomb alerts Thursday, according to RTS. Wizz Air says its Milan-Warsaw flight was diverted to Vienna after a bomb threat.

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Italian Air Force jets escort a Helsinki to Rome flight following a bomb threat, while police inspect two planes that landed at Milan Malpensa, according to ANSA.

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