Various flights that connect different European destinations have once again been affected this Friday, for the third time in what has been the week so far, as a result of a series of bomb threats, according to reports from countries such as France, Denmark and the Czech Republic. However, authorities have stressed that, for the moment, the checks carried out have not detected any real danger in the aircraft involved.
A spokesperson for the office of the Prime Minister of France, Sébastien Lecornu, has confirmed in statements to Europa Press that during the day "four new bomb threats have been recorded on aircraft flying over French territory," before adding that the four aircraft "have landed in Paris without incident."
"The explosive ordnance disposal teams are carrying out security inspections. An investigation has been opened to determine the origin of these alerts, which affect all of Europe," he said, while raising to more than 20 the alerts at a continental level in the past few hours, without, for now, further details.
Along the same lines, the Police of Denmark has indicated that it has opened an investigation for "threats to air traffic" at the airport in the capital, Copenhagen, although it has stressed that, as of today, it considers that "there is no risk whatsoever for passengers."
"We are again present today at Copenhagen airport as a result of threats directed at air traffic. Our immediate assessment is that there is, and has been, no danger whatsoever for passengers or for other people who are in the airport," he stated.
Likewise, in a statement it has stressed that the officers "are investigating the incident" and added that "they maintain a visible presence on the premises," without offering, for now, more information about the specific scope of the threats or about the flights affected.
For its part, the Police of the Czech Republic has confirmed through social media that during the day "fresh threats have again been received regarding the placing of improvised, handmade explosives on several flights that took off or were going to land at Prague airport."
"We have put in place the necessary security measures, with a minimal impact on the usual operations of the airport. We continue to investigate the matter," he stated, after the airport itself had pointed out that "the situation does not affect airport operations".
These new alerts come after more than a dozen flights between European airports received false bomb threats on Thursday, including three that took off from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport or had Madrid as their destination, which led to three of them being diverted.
This episode is added to by seven other false bomb threats recorded on European flights during Tuesday's day, which forced the authorities of Spain, Poland, Italy and Bulgaria to activate different security protocols, with no information yet about any claim of responsibility for these actions.