An Air France-KLM air aircraft is pulled on the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. AFP
The aircraft, travelling from N’Djamena in Chad, was searched after touchdown within the French capital and no gadget was discovered.
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An Air France aircraft flying to Paris on Thursday obtained a mid-air bomb menace, inflicting a safety scare that noticed a fighter jet scrambled to escort it to Charles de Gaulle airport.
The aircraft, travelling from N’Djamena in Chad, was searched after touchdown within the French capital and no gadget was discovered, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin introduced on Twitter.
A spokesman for the air pressure advised AFP that the pilot of the aircraft had knowledgeable air visitors management that he had obtained a bomb menace over the radio in the course of the flight.
“This sort of menace is uncommon and can lead to an investigation,” the spokesperson said.
A Rafale fighter jet was scrambled to escort the plane to Charles to Gaulle airport where all of the passengers were disembarked safely.
An airport source said that the plane parked in a special area reserved for security operations, and searches of the seating area and the baggage bays took place.
Elite fast-response security forces were on the scene briefly, but departed, the source said.
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