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| Air France flight makes emergency landing in Kenya over bomb scare | Air France flight makes emergency landing in Kenya over bomb scare |
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| An Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspect package was found on board. | An Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspect package was found on board. |
| The pilots of the Boeing 777 requested to land at Moi International Airport in Mombasa after the package was discovered in the toilet. | The pilots of the Boeing 777 requested to land at Moi International Airport in Mombasa after the package was discovered in the toilet. |
| The aircraft was safely evacuated and the item is now being examined by bomb experts, police spokesman Charles Owino said. | The aircraft was safely evacuated and the item is now being examined by bomb experts, police spokesman Charles Owino said. |
| The airport was also evacuated. | The airport was also evacuated. |
| Flights have now resumed, Kenya's airport authority said on Twitter. | |
| The plane was carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew members and had left Mauritius at 01:00 GMT, Mr Owino said. | |
| It had been due to fly directly to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. | It had been due to fly directly to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. |
| One of those on board, Benoit Lucchini, said passengers were calm and were told by the crew that the plane was being diverted because of a technical problem. | |
| "The plane just went down, slowly, slowly, slowly, so we just realised probably, something was wrong," he said. | |
| "But the personnel of Air France were just great, just wonderful. So they keep everybody calm and really quiet." |