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Thursday's European Flight Bomb Threats

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    Europe’s flight bomb threats widen to at least 15 journeys in a day

    Two Finnair flights carrying 321 passengers landed safely as the reported daily tally reached at least 15. Searches have found no explosives, but some results and the threats’ origin remain unresolved.

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    • At least 15Flights reportedly affected on Thursday
    • More than 20Affected journeys during the week
    • 321Passengers on the two Finnair flights
    • The described flights landed safely. Completed searches reported so far found no explosive device.
    • Final inspection results remain unavailable for the Aer Lingus aircraft, the Wizz Air flight diverted to Vienna and the two additional Milan arrivals. No common source of the threats has been established.
    • Watch for the outstanding search results, fuller official flight identification, clarification of Rome’s operational disruption and investigative evidence about the messages’ origin.

Who reported

Who reported

23 outlets · 24 sources

16 of 23 had reported by this moment

Who reported what

Where accounts conflict

CBS News says
Paul Mason told the BBC that the unusual scale and apparent credibility of the threats suggested a deliberate act, rather than coincidental malicious calls.
FRANCE 24 English says
The correspondent said investigators had no immediate evidence of a hostile state being behind the threats.
France 24 says
No country had attributed blame for the threats, according to the report.
Fox News says
The source of the bomb threats was not immediately clear.
Sky News says
Robinson said the identity of whoever was behind the threats was not known to her and expressed hope that authorities would identify them.
CBS Chicago says
The article says authorities had not confirmed a link between any of the threats.
CBC News says
Megan Williams said the group claiming responsibility was unfamiliar to her and that the perpetrators were not known.
CBS Bay Area says
No authority had confirmed a link between the threats, and it remained unclear who, if anyone, was behind them.
CBS Colorado says
No authorities had confirmed a link between the threats or identified who was behind them.
The Guardian says
There was no intelligence pointing to a particular group or state actor as responsible for the threats.
CTV News says
The transcript reports no claim of responsibility for the threats.
Scripps News says
The Metropolitan Police Aviation Section was working with international counterparts to investigate the threats.
CBC News says
Italian media reported that a group calling itself, in rough translation, the “fighters of the male” or “patriarchal state” claimed bombs had been planted in two flights from Helsinki and Dublin bound for Rome Fiumicino.
The Guardian says
Threat emails to airports in Rome and Sofia were reportedly signed “fighters of the Male State.”
Scripps News says
A claim attributed to an anti-feminist group in Italy had not been verified as credible.

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Who's involved

Who's involved

Organizations

  • Finnairflag-carrier and largest airline of Finland
  • LOT Polish Airlinesflag air carrier of Poland and Star Alliance member
  • Ryanairlow-cost airline of Ireland
  • Wizz AirHungarian low-cost airline

Places

  • Europe
  • Vasil Levski Sofia Airport
  • Vienna International Airport

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