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Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control

BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.

Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control
Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control — image via BBC News World — Credit: Storywire

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BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.

Read the original report — BBC News World

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