Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?
- The warnings came in thick and fast, targeting one airline or airport after another.
- In nearly all cases - London's Heathrow airport being a notable exception - they were taken to be credible enough to divert the aircraft in question, or even in Italy's case, to scramble fighter jets to escort it.
- They all turned out to be false, which does not, of course, mean that the next ones will not be real.
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- The warnings came in thick and fast, targeting one airline or airport after another.
- In nearly all cases - London's Heathrow airport being a notable exception - they were taken to be credible enough to divert the aircraft in question, or even in Italy's case, to scramble fighter jets to escort it.
- They all turned out to be false, which does not, of course, mean that the next ones will not be real.
Sources: BBC News