Posted on 12/20/2015 7:34:26 AM PST by Olog-hai
An Air France flight from Port Louis, Mauritius to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya Sunday morning, after a suspected bomb was found on board.
Pilots reportedly made an urgent request to land the plane after a "suspicious package" was discovered in the bathroom.
Kenya's Airports Authority initially "confirmed" the package was in fact an explosive device, but Air France CEO Frederic Gagey contradicted that claim, saying that upon further examination the package was made from paper and a timer - but with no explosives whatsoever. ...
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Just another muslim clock..
Obviously it was another clever muslim invention. Find out who made it and give him a trip to the White Hut.
practice run?
The bag contained a timer and paper. And it accomplished its goal of furthering terror.
False alarm or not, it did disrupt the flight and that is one thing they like to do. If, it was placed to appear to be a device. Disruptions and ripple effect. Time and money and diversion.
The last time I was in an airplane if anything was ticking you couldn't hear it.
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