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Bomb threat on a Rome-Chicago plane

Suspicious messages in the bathroom. Emergency landing in Ireland

The United Airlines Boeing 767-300 taken off yesterday at 10:30 am from the Rome-Fiumicino Airport and headed to Chicago was forced to an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, in Ireland, for "potential safety reasons". According to the initial reports, worrying notes and messages that referred to the presence of an explosive device on board would have been found in the airplane's toilet.After carefully...

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Shannon, Ireland, 06/12/2018 04:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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