Hoax bomb threats targeted flights in Europe. Here's what happened.

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Dozens of flights across Europe have been targeted by bomb threats this week, causing diversions and emergency landings. No suspicious items were found ...

Dozens of flights across Europe have been targeted by bomb threats this week, causing diversions and emergency landings. No suspicious items were found and no one was injured, but the threats raised concerns.

Bomb threats targeted dozens of flights across Europe this week following a string of hoaxes that caused flight diversions and forced airlines to scramble to keep passengers safe and air traffic disruptions minimal.

Fake bomb threats are relatively common, but it is unusual to see so many in such a short period. No suspicious items were found and no one has been injured, but the threats raised concerns because they came on the heels of other European disruptions – including attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems and drone incursions.

With unanswered questions hanging over the continent – it was not known whether the threats were linked, who sent them or what they hoped to achieve – security experts were to meet in Brussels next week to discuss measures to deal with the hoaxes.

The hoaxes have led to plane searches and diversions, and, in some cases, emergency landings and military escorts.

Still, the European air traffic authority insisted that overall, the threats caused minimal disruption to aviation.

Separately, three broadcasters – the Irish national broadcaster RTE, the U.K.-based Sky, and NOVA TV, a private broadcaster in Bulgaria – also received security threats on Friday, a possible sign the menace was spreading beyond the skies.

And on Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet, and that he has been exposed to “threats and intimidation.”

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers for the leak.

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