Los Angeles, Nov 18: Two Paris-bound Air France flights from the United States were diverted after the airline received anonymous bomb threats.
Flight 65 from Los Angeles and Flight 55 from Washington were “subject to anonymous threats received after their respective takeoff,” the airline said in a statement.
The incidents took place just days after last week’s terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and sowed fear in the French capital and beyond.
Air France said both planes landed safely and were undergoing safety checks.
The flight from Dulles International Airport outside Washington with 262 people on board was diverted to Halifax, Nova Scotia w hile the flight from Los Angeles transporting 497 passengers.
