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Air France: Bomb scare on Paris-bound flight was 'false alarm'

A suspicious device found on an Air France flight was a false alarm, the airline has said.

Frédéric Gagey, Air France Chief Execuctive, told a press conference the device didn't present a danger to the flight or passengers.

Flight 463 from Mauritius to Paris was diverted to Mombasa in Kenya after a passenger found the suspicious device in a toilet onboard.

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Kenya police: No explosives found so far in device

No explosives have been found as yet in a suspicious device left on an Air France flight, a Kenyan police official has told Associated Press.

The police official said a device that looked like "a stopwatch mounted on a box" was found by a passenger on board Flight 643 and reported to crews, forcing the plane to divert to Mombasa.

The box has been taken apart and no explosives have been found but the digital watch has not yet been analyzed, the official said.

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