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Air France bomb scare: 'Two held' in Paris | |
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Police in Paris have detained two people who were on an Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya when a fake bomb was found on board, reports say. | Police in Paris have detained two people who were on an Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya when a fake bomb was found on board, reports say. |
A 58-year-old taken into custody is an ex-policeman from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Europe 1 radio said. | |
His wife was being questioned as a witness. | |
Air France says the fake bomb was made of cardboard and a kitchen timer and posed no danger. | |
The Boeing 777 was on its way from Mauritius to Paris when the suspicious object was found in a plane toilet and the decision was made to make an emergency landing. The plane was then evacuated at Mombasa airport. | |
Police reportedly held the couple, who have not been named, on their return to France. | |
'Bad joke' | |
A spokesman told AFP news agency that the airline had "filed a legal complaint against unknown persons for endangering the lives of others". | |
Officials say 459 passengers and 14 crew members were on board the Boeing 777 when a contraption was found behind a bathroom mirror. | |
The suspect package was taken away for examination and Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer. | The suspect package was taken away for examination and Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer. |
He described it as a "bad joke". | |
Mr Gagey said there had been three bomb scares on Air France planes in the US in the last 15 days. | |
France remains on high alert after 130 people were killed during the jihadist attacks in Paris last month. |