New bomb threats hit European flights as police respond at Copenhagen Airport

Police were dispatched to Copenhagen Airport again on Friday after threats against aircraft, but operations at the airport were not affected, DR reported. Neither Copenhagen Police nor the airport would provide further details.

The response came as bomb threats were reported against flights in several European countries for the third day this week. Police and the Armed Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal service had also gone to the airport on Thursday to investigate two aircraft that landed after threats. They found nothing during their examination.

In Prague, at least eight flights to and from Václav Havel Airport received bomb threats, the airport’s spokesperson told AFP, according to The Guardian. The flights included arrivals from Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom, and departures to the Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and the United Kingdom.

A flight from Rome to Lisbon was also threatened. In France, four aircraft received bomb threats and landed for examination by bomb disposal teams, according to the French prime minister’s office, Reuters reported.

It is not known whether the Copenhagen incident is connected to the other threats. Police said they had completed their work at the airport and assessed that there had been and was no danger to passengers or other people there. No one has claimed responsibility for the threats.