Learn “resigned”, “rollout”, “threat” in slow English. From: Seven European flights targeted by bomb threats; threats prove false.
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- Seven European flights targeted by bomb threats; threats prove false
- Spain’s transport minister resigns after deadly train crash
Sources
- RechercheThe previous day, a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest after a bomb threat; checks found nothing.
- RechercheA flight from Heathrow was diverted to Warsaw Modlin instead of Warsaw Chopin, and Modlin was briefly closed.
- RechercheSpain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced he was stepping down six days after a high-speed train collision near Urda, south of Madrid, killed at least 69 people and injured dozens. He announced it in Congress after giving evidence about the crash.
- RechercheThe report describes Spain’s high-speed rail network as the world’s second-largest after China’s and says it had not had a deadly crash since service began more than three decades earlier until this year.