Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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64/100
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Flights from across Europe were diverted or forced to make emergency landings on Thursday because of bomb threats, authorities said.
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authorities → divert → threats
So far, inspections have not turned up hazardous or suspicious materials.
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inspections → turn → materials
The incidents followed hoax bomb threats earlier this week that prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, a military escort.
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that → follow → case
More than a dozen flights were targeted, including those from Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw.
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flights → target → Copenhagen
Such threats aren’t a new phenomenon but come at a time of increased geopolitical tensions and signs of “disruption,” like attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, drone incursions in Europe and mysterious triggers to alert apps.
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threats → come → apps
The latest on Thursday’s developments:
Aegean Airlines confirms 2 threats to its flights were hoaxes
Greece’s Aegean Airlines confirmed Thursday that two of its flights received bomb threats that proved to be hoaxes.
It said in a statement that Flight A3552 from Thessaloniki to Milan and Flight A3860 from Athens to Vienna were bomb threat targets.
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A3552 → confirm → Vienna
The airline said all security protocols were implemented and that the flights departed from both Milan and Vienna after it was confirmed that the threats were “baseless.”
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threats → say → Milan
“The security of our passengers and crew is and will continue to be our highest priority,” the statement said.
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statement → continue → passengers
UK transport chief says threats are a malicious hoax
Britain’s transport secretary says flights across Europe have been hit by “malicious hoax threats.”
Heidi Alexander told broadcasters that “a small number of flights across Europe have been disrupted.”
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number → say → Europe
She said there are “established processes for dealing with hoax and malicious threats, and that’s what these threats have been.”
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threats → say → threats
She did not provide information on what the established processes are.
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processes → provide → information
High security at French air base
An Aer Lingus plane rerouted to western France while en route from Dublin to Rome is standing on the tarmac at a military air base in Evreux, under an overcast sky.
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plane → reroute → sky
Metal gates ring the base and outsiders are not allowed in.
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outsiders → ring → base
It is unclear where the passengers and crew are being held while explosives experts examine the plane.
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experts → hold → plane
Finnair said 2 flights affected but landed safely at destinations
Finnair said that two of its flights, AY1761 from Helsinki to Rome and AY1471 from Helsinki to Vienna, faced unfounded or hoax bomb threats Thursday.
“Both flights landed safely at their destinations, and customers have disembarked the aircraft,” it said.
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it → say → aircraft
Nothing suspicious were found on the planes, it added.
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it → find → planes
The plane to Rome was inspected and will depart back to Helsinki, while the flight to Vienna will “return to traffic normally after inspection.”
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flight → inspect → inspection
Czech police deployed to airport after 4 planes affected
In the Czech Republic, police were sent to Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport to prepare for the landing of four planes after receiving threats of explosive devices on board.
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police → deploy → board
Police said that “all necessary security measures have been activated.”
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measures → say → ?
Police later said searches of the planes that landed in Prague found nothing suspicious.
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that → say → nothing
They did not give details on where the flights originated from.
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flights → give → where
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