Italian, French and Bulgarian fighter jets were scrambled today as at least 14 European flights - including an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin - were hit by hoax bomb alerts for the third day this week.

Bomb threats force flights to land in France, Bulgaria and Belgium amid Europe-wide airport disruption. Read more at straitstimes.com.

More than a dozen flights from cities including Copenhagen, Dublin, Madrid, Milan and Warsaw were targeted with bomb threats and diverted to other cities.

At least 15 flights across Europe have been affected on Thursday.

Multiple flights in Europe have been targeted by bomb threats, causing emergency landings and military escorts.

The bomb threats involved two passenger planes bound for Warsaw, a Ryanair flight from London to Spain, two flights to Rome and a flight traveling from Israel to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. No explosives were found.