Rome-bound plane diverted to French airbase as dozens European flights hit by bomb hoaxes
France 24 ·
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France's Evreux airbase following a bomb threat as some 25 flights were affected by a latest spate of hoax alerts. Threats against flights sent to airports in Rome and Sofia and seen by AFP claimed to be from "fighters of the Male State", a far-right Russian group.