After almost 30 planes were affected by bomb threats and forced to make emergency landings across Europe, new threats have been issued today.
Newstalk in Ireland has gone off air after staff were evacuated due to bomb threats.
France said four new bomb threats were made against aircraft flying over its territory on Friday.
All of the planes landed safely and bomb dispersal units are conducting inspections, with a probe underway to determine the origin of the threats affecting all of Europe, the prime minister’s office said.
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The Tarom flight from Prague to Bucharest landed at its intended destination, and airport administration officials said the bomb threat proved to be false.
Czech Police wrote on this morning: ‘Today, the threat to place an improvised explosive device on board a number of aircraft arriving at and departing from is happening again.’
In the Danish capital Copenhagen police said they were present at the airport for a second consecutive day ‘in connection with threats directed at air traffic’.
They said their immediate assessment was that there had been no danger to passengers or to others at the airport.
The German transport ministry said it is not aware of its airlines or airports being affected.
Earlier, a Ryanair flight from Rome to Lisbon (FR8196) was the subject of a bomb threat.
Portuguese police later confirmed no device was found on board.
Within the past hour, a WizzAir flight from Prague to Rome was forced to land in Venice after a threat.
Yesterday, reports of explosives triggered evacuations and emergency searches of multiple planes heading to Milan, Rome, Sofia, Madrid, Copenhagen, Prague and other European cities.
A group called ‘Fighters of the Male State’ that threatened to ‘turn the sky red’ were behind the threats sent to Rome airport, which saw fighter jets intercept one plane before landing.
The reports yesterday were described as hoaxes after police forces and airports confirmed their searches so far have not discovered any genuine threats.
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