Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control
BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.
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BBC News: BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.
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