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Couple Held in Paris over Fake Bomb on Air France Flight
Follow up on yesterday's excitement.
[AnNahar] French police on Monday detained a couple who were passengers on an Air La Belle France flight which made an emergency landing after a fake bomb was found on board, a police source said. The couple were taken into custody by border police on their return to La Belle France, a day after their flight from Mauritius to Gay Paree was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya.

A passenger alerted crew members to the item found inside a toilet cubicle on Sunday on board the Boeing 777, which was carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew. The object, made up of cardboard, paper and a kitchen timer, was found to pose no danger to the aircraft or its passengers, Air La Belle France chief executive Frederic Gagey said on Sunday.

He said the "deduction" was that the item had been placed in a toilet cupboard by one of the passengers and said the bomb scare appeared to be the result of a "bad joke".

Several passengers were questioned in Mombasa before a plane was sent to return all those on board to La Belle France.

An Air La Belle France front man told Agence La Belle France Presse the airline had taken legal action after the discovery of the suspicious object. The airline "filed a legal complaint against unknown persons for endangering the life of others," the front man said.

Gagey said there had been three bomb scares on Air La Belle France planes in the United States in the past 15 days.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-12-21
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