Two US-Paris flights diverted following mid-air bomb threat
Authorities are investigating who was behind anonymous bomb threats that forced two Air France flights out of the US to be diverted mid-air.
Flight 65 from Los Angeles and Flight 55 from Washington were ‘subject to anonymous threats received after their respective takeoff’, the airline said.
"As a precautionary measure and to conduct all necessary security checks, Air France decided to request the landings of both aircraft," a statement by Air France added.
Flight 55 from Dulles International Airport with 262 people on board was diverted to Halifax, Nova Scotia and landed at around 10:15 pm last night.
Flight 65 and its 497 passengers and crew landed at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Authorities have found no credible threat and have given the flights the all-clear. After the incident, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Nova Scotia division tweeted: "No explosive device found."
Flight 65 has continued to Paris, while passengers grounded in Halifax will fly out tonight, arriving at Charles de Gaulle airport on Thursday morning.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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