Bomb threats disrupt air traffic

Santiago – Nine planes were forced to make emergency changes to their routes within Chilean, Argentine and Peruvian airspace on Thursday because of bomb threats issued to Chile’s civil aviation authority.

At least two of the planes were operated by LATAM Airlines and three by Sky, a low-cost Chilean airline.

Victor Villalobos Collao, the director general of Chile’s civil aviation authority, said 11 threats were made in total on Thursday.