Bomb threats hit eight Prague flights, one bound for Schiphol

Prague airport said on Friday that at least eight flights to and from the airport received bomb threats. One of them was a KLM flight from Prague to Amsterdam.

The plane landed at Schiphol and no explosives were found on board, the Koninklijke Marechaussee (the Royal Military Police) said.

The other threatened flights from Prague were bound for Cyprus, Romania, Italy and the United Kingdom, an airport spokesperson said. Incoming flights from Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom were also threatened. No explosives have been found in the checks so far.

Czech police said on social media that threats of improvised explosives on board were reported for at least nine flights. The new threats concern flights including those between the Netherlands, Czechia, Denmark and France, and other airports in Europe also faced bomb threats on Friday.

It is the third series of bomb threats against flights in Europe this week. Several dozen threats were made earlier in the week, and in none of those cases were explosives found. The threats in recent days all turned out to be hoaxes.