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One passenger on the Air France flight heading to Paris is reportedly in custody over the bomb scare
One passenger on the Air France flight heading to Paris is reportedly in custody over the bomb scare
Lianna BrindedDec 20, 2015, 14:10 IST
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GettyA plane heading to Paris, France made an emergency landing in Kenya this morning following a bomb scare.Air France's Flight AF 463 was heading to Paris from Mauritius but it was forced to land in Kenya after a suspect package was found in the toilets.The airport was also evacuated as the pilots requested to land at Moi International Airport in Mombasa - far away from it's original direct destination of Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.All media outlets reported that police spokesman Charles Owino confirmed that the Boeing 777 plane, which was carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew members, and the item was safely removed from the plane.
"It requested an emergency landing after a device suspected to be a bomb was discovered in the lavatory, an emergency was prepared and it landed safely and all passengers evacuated," said Owino in his full statement.
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"Bomb experts from the Navy and the CID were called in and took the device which they are dismantling to establish if it had any explosives."
Local news station NTV Kenya posted some pictures of passengers being evacuated safely:Owino added that it is now being examined by bomb experts.
Flights have now resumed according to Kenya's airport authority on Twitter:
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According to Mombasa's local news company NTV Kenya, Ambassador Monica Juma and other government authorities have already arrested one Air France passenger related to the bomb scare: Business Insider was unable to verify the details of the NTV Kenya tweets.
