Just landed, already embedded. A retired police officer of 58 years, passenger of Air France flight aboard which was discovered a suspicious object was placed into custody Monday at his return to Paris, according to a police source contacted by Agence France Presse. He is believed to have placed this object in the Boeing 777 that would link the night from Saturday to Sunday, Mauritius in Paris.
About two hours after takeoff the flight AF463, a flight attendant alerted the captain about an object resembling a bomb, placed in the closet of one of the aircraft’s toilets. After discussion with the operations control center (OCC) Air France, based in Roissy, and clearance service based in Versailles, the crew decided to divert to the nearest airport, Mombasa in Kenya. Kenyan demining services have been extracted and, after analysis, claimed it was a fake bomb. “ A set consisting of cardboard, paper and a timer species ,” said Frédéric Gagey, CEO of Air France, Sunday afternoon. “ There was nothing that showed dangerous. ”
Some of the 459 passengers were repatriated on Sunday evening and Monday morning landed at Roissy Charles de-Gaulle at 6:50, on board the flight AF4195. Border police then arrested a man, “ in the context of the investigation following the complaint made to the obstruction to the movement of aircraft and endangering the lives of others , “said the prosecutor of Bobigny. According to the crew, the arrested man had made many return trips to the toilet during the flight, told AFP a police source. His wife was also arrested and heard as a witness.
On Sunday, the supper were brought to the persons on board the aircraft. Frédéric Gagey had said Sunday that cabin crew had checked all the cupboards before take-off, including the toilets. “ As there was a visit before the flight and we did not find, I think that the object was probably placed there during the flight ,” added the CEO .
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