Coordinated bomb threats grounded or diverted at least 15 European flights Thursday — the second mass disruption in a week — and nobody in charge can say who's doing it or how to stop it.
Fifteen flights across at least a dozen countries, fighter jet escorts, emergency landings at military bases, and European security services have nothing to show for it but empty aircraft and shrugged shoulders. Flights operated by Ryanair, Aer Lingus, Wizz Air, Finnair, LOT, and Aegean Airlines were all hit. An Aer Lingus plane from Dublin to Rome was forced to land at a French military airbase. Italian fighter jets scrambled to escort a Finnair flight into Fiumicino. Four flights were rerouted to Prague. Three Ryanair flights made emergency landings in Bulgaria. Every single search came up empty.
It was the third straight day of disruptions. On Tuesday, seven planes were searched or diverted. On Monday, a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet to Budapest. The UK government called the incidents
