Authorities said there were no signs of danger for passengers, while the airport announced it was functioning normally.
The editorials of Bulgarian television news magazine I Noova TV and the Irish public broadcaster RTE received today electronic messages with bomb threats from a person represented as Reykhail Andropov. Messages, titled Message for the West, warned a series of attacks on transportation to Europe.
RTE evacuated its offices, while British broadcaster ‘%Sky reported having taken a security threat.
Four new threats to aircraft flying over its territory were reported in France, while a company’s Airz Company plane, Prague-Rome, slipped into Venice.
All aircraft involved in reported incidents were safely grounded and no explosive devices have been found so far.
The situation also called for the intervention of the Hungarian Air Force.
Defence Minister Romulus Ruszin-Szendi said the fighter aircraft accompanied several passenger planes to Hungary’s airspace following bomb threats.
He also disclosed that NATO had ordered an air patrol near the Hungarian-Romanian border, marking the alliance’s first reported involvement in the situation.
Security experts estimate that threats have the characteristics of a coordinated hybrid attack and a psychological struggle.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said the similarity to incidents in some European countries makes suspicion of an organised campaign reasonable.
Some European officials have linked these developments to Europe’s support for Ukraine, raising doubts about Russian involvement, but Moscow has denied the accusations.
So far, no state has officially determined responsibility for the threats.
Source Layer: RTKLive