Hoax bomb threats keep disrupting European flights and media offices

A wave of bomb threats over two days has disrupted dozens of European flights and Irish media offices, with no explosives found. A Telegram channel, geopwatch, reports an Aer Lingus Dublin-Rome flight was escorted by French fighters and forced to land in France.

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• 🇪🇺✈️⚠️ - A wave of bomb threats has disrupted dozens of flights across Europe over the past two days, forcing several aircraft to divert and others to be escorted by fighter jets. Yesterday, an Aer… (geopwatch on Telegram)
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• New bomb threats target Irish media, more flights (DW)
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• Hoax or bomb threats? What we know about flight disruptions across Europe (Al Jazeera)
• Offices of Irish media groups evacuated due to bomb threats, one deemed a hoax (Reuters)
• European skies on high alert after hoax bomb threats this week – Europe live (The Guardian)

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