Roughly ten flights faced emergency interventions, with budget carrier Ryanair seeing four routes targeted between the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Bulgaria. Italian fighter jets were scrambled to escort an arriving Rome service, while Warsaw temporarily closed an airport to inspect inbound planes from London and Copenhagen. The disruptions extended a pattern from Monday, when a London Luton flight diverted to Budapest under fighter jet escort. Subsequent sweeps by police and security officials across all involved hubs yielded no genuine hazards.
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Extensive security sweeps confirmed that no explosives were found aboard any of the targe…: Extensive security sweeps confirmed that no explosives were found aboard any of the targeted passenger flights.
Ryanair suffered the heaviest impact among affected carriers, with four separate routes s…: Ryanair suffered the heaviest impact among affected carriers, with four separate routes subjected to emergency actions.
London's Metropolitan Police verified that all safety checks returned negative results fo…: London's Metropolitan Police verified that all safety checks returned negative results for threatened flights at Heathrow and Manchester.
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Ryanair was the worst affected airline, with several flights targeted across Europe, including routes to Warsaw, Rome and Sofia.
LONDON: About 10 European flights were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday (Nov 3), forcing the brief closure of a Warsaw airport and the scrambling of air force planes in Rome, authorities said.
No explosives were found, despite extensive searches on the ground after the planes all took off and landed safely in different European cities just several hours apart.
Irish budget carrier Ryanair appeared to be the worst hit, with four of its flights to different destinations being targeted.
London's Metropolitan police confirmed it "was made aware of threats ... against four aircraft due to depart from or arrive at Heathrow Airport" Tuesday, one of Europe's busiest air hubs.
It gave no further details, but also said there was a further warning about a flight at Manchester Airport.
Following checks "no security issues were identified", the Met police added.
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