2 Air France flights diverted over security incidents

[Agschmid]

Source: Local News Source - AP REPORTING

Air France Flight 65, headed from Los Angeles to Paris, was diverted to Salt Lake City, Utah, due to a security incident, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.

CNN reported that another flight from the Washington, D.C., area to Paris was diverted to Canada and landed safely.

A bomb threat was called in from the ground, a U.S. government official said about the Flight 65.

FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer did not provide further details.

Read more: http://m.ksbw.com/national-news/air-france-flight-diverted-over-security-incident/36513318

[brooklynite]

1. Flight from LAX was an Airbus 380 (double-decker)

Flight from Dulles was a Boeing - 777. It it programmed to resume the flight in about an hour.

[still_one]

2. There were bomb threats. They have to check it out, but I suspect it is some jerk just trying to

stir things up. It would be nice if they could find out who made these hoax calls, and throw them in jail