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False bomb alarms: three flights involved in a single day

Frankfurt, Germany - Three flights towards the same airport were affected by such worrying phenomenon on last Sunday

Some three different flights all flying towards Frankfurt International Airport were involved by bomb alarms on last Sunday even if they proved false later, all produced by anonymous announcements delivered to departure air stations' police. A Turkish Airlines' Boeing 737 was forced to land in Budapest after its leaving from Istanbul, without Hungarian Police could find then explosive material trace....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 101802
Rome, Italy, 08/17/2004 15:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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