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Russia: wave of false bomb alarms on airliners

Anonymous messages also threaten courts, malls and airports

The most recent threats involved 11 airliners, a Russian security source reports it. Only yesterday anonymous messages announcing bombs related to two passenger aircraft en route from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and Orenburg. Both requested an emergency landing following which the alarms turned out to be a fake. A phenomenon that is proving worrying, especially if added to the state of general tension due...

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Moscow, Russia, 03/27/2020 15:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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