Planes forced into emergency landings or diversions two days after hoax alerts affected air travel

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Hoax bomb threats have caused at least 25 flights across Europe to be disrupted, with some forced to make emergency landings, as questions mounted over an apparently coordinated effort to cause chaos for travellers.

The series of warnings on Thursday affected flights between Italy, Ireland, the UK, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, France, Greece, Serbia and Czechia.

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