{"id":9884,"date":"2015-12-20T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2015-12-20T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:58:42","slug":"air-france-makes-emergency-landing-in-kenya-after-suspected-bomb-is-found-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/9884","title":{"rendered":"Air France Makes Emergency Landing in Kenya After Suspected Bomb is Found Aboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9885 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Avion_Air_France\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France-220x146.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Avion_Air_France.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>An Air France flight from Mauritius was forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa, Kenya on Sunday after a device <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kenya-airlines-airfrance-idUSKBN0U307C20151220\">suspected to be a bomb<\/a> was found in the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing 777 aircraft was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris morning when the device was found aboard.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Police spokesman Charles Owino said the plane carrying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/bomb-scare-forces-air-france-flight-land-kenya-n483326\">459 passengers and 14 crew members<\/a> requested an emergency landing at the Moi International Airport around 12.37 am. The plane left Mauritius around 9 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the plane. Kenyan bomb squad experts successfully removed the suspected device from the aircraft afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBomb experts from the Navy and DCI (Directorate of Criminal Investigations) have retrieved the device and are determining whether the components contained explosives,\u201d Police Inspector General Joseph Boinnet said.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Kenya is working with both Mauritian and French officials to determine the contents of the suspicious device.<\/p>\n<p>Operations at the Moi International Airport were momentarily disrupted after officials closed down the airport to search the Air France flight.<\/p>\n<p>Owino announced on Twitter that operations have since resumed to normal since the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that several passengers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/the-latest-suspected-bomb-found-on-diverted-air-france-jet\/2015\/12\/20\/f4fa0768-a6ea-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588_story.html\">Air France flight 463<\/a> are being questioned about the suspicious device. It\u2019s unclear if any passenger has been arrested in connection with the device described as a \u2018gadget.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Air France crew did not inform the passengers that a suspected bomb had been discovered in the toilet. Instead the passengers were told that the plane was experiencing technical difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Air France said the passengers were evacuated from the flight using the emergency slides as a precaution. The airliner has reportedly sent another plane to pick up the passengers. The flight is scheduled to leave Mombasa for Paris on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air France flight from Mauritius was forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa, Kenya on Sunday after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in the toilet. 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