LYON, France - Authorities have found no bomb aboard a Rome-bound Air France plane that was diverted to the eastern French city of Lyon on Thursday after a threat by an anonymous caller, officials said. “We have found no trace of a bomb,” an official at the local prefecture said after fire-fighters and explosive experts had searched the plane at the Lyon airport.
Local officials said 123 passengers had been aboard the plane, which had taken off from Paris. The plane had landed safely and all passengers had disembarked, they said. An Air France spokeswoman said police had launched an inquiry into the case, but gave no further details. |