本周发生的一系列炸弹威胁导致欧洲各地航空公司陷入混乱，这表明航空业为维持安全标准而制定的严格规程，正面临着这些规程相对容易被干扰的现实。
The aviation industry’s strict protocols to maintain safety standards are coming up against the relative ease of disrupting them, as revealed by a spate of bomb threats this week that threw airlines across Europe into chaos.
国际航空集团（IAG SA）首席执行官路易斯·加莱戈（Luis Gallego）表示，即使这些诈骗被证明是模仿者的行为，各航空公司也无能为力。这一切只需要一封电子邮件或一个电话，数百名旅客的行程就会被打乱，战斗机被紧急调派，警察则带着搜爆犬蜂拥至飞机周围。
There’s little carriers can do, said IAG SA Chief Executive Officer Luis Gallego, even when the hoaxes turn out to be the acts of copycats. All it requires is one email or phone call, and the plans of hundreds of travelers are disrupted, fighter jets are dispatched and police swarm aircraft with sniffer dogs.
忽视威胁同样不是一个选项，正如爱尔兰航空（Aer Lingus）的一名飞行员在周四所经历的那样，当时他在接到炸弹威胁电话后，没有立即回应政府关于降落的要求。据总理办公室称，法国军方派出了战斗机为该飞机护航，有关当局正在进行调查。
Ignoring threats is not an option either, as an Aer Lingus pilot found on Thursday when he didn’t immediately respond to a government request to land after a bomb call. The French military sent up fighters to escort the plane, according to the Prime Minister’s office, and authorities are investigating.
他在公布第三季度业绩后的电话会议上对记者表示：“除了遵循我们现有的严格程序外，我们别无他法。在所有这些问题上，我们始终希望保持谨慎。”没有人站出来宣称对这些威胁负责，这些威胁始于周二，随后在周四愈演愈烈，该地区有十几架飞机成为目标。虽然没有发现爆炸物，但此次突发激增正值欧洲无人机反复入侵以及超市冰箱遭遇黑客攻击事件增多之际。
“We cannot do anything else than to follow the strict procedures that we have,” he told journalists on a call after third-quarter results. “We always want to be prudent with all these issues.”No one has come forward to claim responsibility for the threats, which started on Tuesday and then picked up momentum on Thursday, with more than a dozen aircraft targeted across the region. No explosives were found, but the sudden surge comes as repeat drone incursions and hacking attacks on supermarket fridges have risen in Europe.
法航荷航集团（Air France-KLM）首席执行官本·史密斯（Ben Smith）周四在媒体电话会议上表示：“以这种协调的方式出现这种情况，我认为我们以前从未见过。这是不幸的，我们希望这不会给我们的消费者带来任何放慢或减少旅行计划的理由。”瑞安航空控股公司（Ryanair Holdings Plc）、芬兰航空（Finnair Oyj）、易捷航空（EasyJet Plc）和波兰航空（LOT Polish Airlines）等航空公司都收到了针对其航班的威胁，这表明从廉价航空到传统航空公司的各类航司都成为了目标。
“To have this in a coordinated way, I don’t think we’ve seen this before,” Ben Smith, the CEO of Air France-KLM, said Thursday on a media call. “It’s unfortunate and we hope it won’t give our consumers any reason to slow down or reduce their travel plan.”Ryanair Holdings Plc, Finnair Oyj, EasyJet Plc and LOT Polish Airlines were among the airlines that received threats to their flights, showing that a range of low-cost to legacy carriers were targeted.
炸弹威胁十分罕见，且几乎总是以虚假告终，这证明了该行业的安全标准是多么严密。欧洲大陆各地的当局正在调查本周这些警告的来源和情况。
Bomb threats are rare and almost always end up being false, which demonstrates how the robust security standards are in the sector. Authorities around the continent are investigating the origin and circumstances of the warnings made this week.
一位发言人表示，在威兹航空（Wizz Air）部分航班本周遭遇威胁的事件中，当局首先接到有关威胁的通知，随后向航空公司发出警报，航空公司遵循了相关程序。
In the case of threats made to some Wizz flights this week, the authorities were first notified about the threats and then alerted the airline, which followed protocol, a spokesman said.
国际航空运输协会（International Air Transport Association）运营、安全与安保高级副总裁尼克·卡伦（Nick Careen）表示：“乘客们应当放心，航空安保措施将继续确保最高水平的公众安全。”
“Passengers should be assured that aviation security measures will continue to ensure the highest levels of public safety,” said Nick Careen, senior vice president for operations, safety and security at the International Air Transport Association.