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European Flights Bomb Threats Force Diversions as Fighter Jets Scramble

A new wave of hoax bomb threats swept across European aviation on Thursday 5 November 2026, forcing passenger jets to divert, land under fighter-jet escort and undergo bomb searches in France, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. At least a dozen flights were targeted on Thursday morning, with later reports counting 25 or more affected flights, in the second…