Air France: Suspicious device on flight was a hoax

December 20, 2015 21:32

The suspicious device discovered in the bathroom of an Air France flight was a hoax, the CEO of Air France said today.

The Boeing 777 was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris from Mauritius when its pilots requested an emergency landing early Sunday at Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa.

The device was made of cardboard, paper and a household timer, said Frederic Gagey, the head of Air France. "This object did not contain explosives," said Gagey at a news conference in Paris.

Gagey congratulated the crew for their cool-headed reaction to divert the plane. A safety check was carried out in the bathroom before the flight, he said. He denied any security failure in the flight, saying that passengers are

checked and sometimes double-checked on flights.

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