The FBI was taking over the investigation of the plane in Salt Lake City, which was diverted because of a threat received by phone after take-off, Salt Lake airport spokeswoman Bianca Shreeve said.
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The Sun reported that a female passenger told the flight crew she saw suspicious activity, which turned out to be someone watching a news report on a smartphone, said Sgt. Jonathan Green, a spokesman for the authority’s police department, which patrols the airport. It was unclear if the same person called in both threats.
According to a statement from Air France, local authorities “carried out complete inspections of the aircraft, the passengers and their luggage, confirming a false alert”.
Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the United States have been diverted due to security threats, days after the deadly terror strikes in Paris.
“I think I would rather come to Halifax for the night than risk my plane exploding over the Atlantic”, said passenger Frank Mather.
Russo said he had just finished dinner on the Airbus A380, which CNN says carried 497 passengers, when cabin staff took trays away early and the pilot announced an emergency landing.
The diverted planes landed and the passengers have been evacuated safely.
The Washington Post says nothing was found on flight 65 either.
Eturbonews has been covering the latest incident and reporting that the Air France flight 65 had departed Los Angeles global Airport in California, and Air France flight 55 had departed from Dulles worldwide Airport outside Washington.
All passengers safely disembarked and were taken to airport terminals where they were interviewed by the security officials in the USA and Canada.
An worldwide flight to Paris made an emergency landing Tuesday night at Salt Lake global Airport.
The Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris, has threatened further attacks against France.
According to Gilliam, despite the bomb threats being a hoax, it can still be seen as an act of terrorism, as terrorism can be defined as a tactic being used to bring about political or psychological change in communities.
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“I found it very hard to imagine I was actually in a plane that was going to blow up”, she said.
