[cyncooper]

CNN now reporting on it.

Decision made by French gov per CNN infobabe.

[japaneseghost]

"Decision made by French gov per CNN infobabe."

They may be onto something.

Most people don't know that France routinely audiotapes all First Class cabins to/from US and France, to further French national corporate espionage (Boeing/Airbus competition)

Perhaps the French overheard a conversation about AQ plans.

[ml/nj]

Decision made by French gov per CNN infobabe.

Infobabe is wrong.

ABC is reporting that we told them to cancel the filghts.

ML/NJ

[Dont Mention the War]

Decision made by French gov per CNN infobabe.

Due to a direct request from the US embassy. A "request" that was probably along the lines of, "If you let the plane take off, we won't let it land in the United States. And if any of them so much as enters US airspace......"