New bomb threats target European broadcasters, air traffic
Summary
Bomb threats on Friday disrupted air travel in several European countries and prompted evacuations at some media organizations. Governments said the threats appeared linked to a wider campaign, but authorities had not identified who was behind them.Key Facts
- British broadcaster Sky said it received a bomb threat and reported it to authorities.
- Bulgaria’s Nova TV and Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ also received emailed threats.
- RTÉ briefly evacuated staff in Dublin after an email warned that a bomb would explode within 45 minutes.
- The Irish government said hoax threats also targeted Virgin Media, Newstalk and The Irish Independent.
- Hungarian fighter jets escorted flights from Brussels to Sofia and from Prague to Bucharest and Cyprus through Hungarian airspace.
- Czech police recorded threats involving nine flights arriving at or departing from Prague; the airport said no flights were canceled.
- France said four threats targeted aircraft flying over French territory and that all the planes landed safely.
- The threats followed disruptions to more than two dozen European flights on Thursday.
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