Air France Flights Diverted

One Air France plane from Los Angeles worldwide Airport was diverted to Salt Lake City, Utah, whilst the other from Washington Dulles global airport landed safely in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.

An Federal Bureau of Investigation agent from Salt Lake City told CNN that “several intelligence agencies” were working to “determine the nature of the threats”.

Emergency vehicles sit parked near an Air France plane that was diverted to Salt Lake City global Airport, Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Salt Lake City.

The diverted planes landed and the passengers have been evacuated safely. Whilst the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Halifax said on its Twitter feed that police dogs searched the plane for evidence of explosives, although no further details were disclosed.

The passengers say they sat in their seats for about 20 minutes, with no clue what was going on.

Passengers on the LAX flight were deplaned and bused to a terminal, Kenitzer said. Salt Lake airport spokeswoman Bianca Shreeve said passengers in the Utah airport were boarding their plane again around 1:30 a.m. ET.

As no credible threat was found onboard flight 65 it was allowed to continue to Paris. The Salt Lake Tribune, citing an airport official, said the plane was carrying 497 passengers and crew.

“The darkness of it all just to have to go through this, and I don’t think this is the best time for me to take my vacation to Paris”, Blamckaert said. “And that is what this is”, Gilliam said. Tourism insiders are very concerned that the recent terrorist attacks in Paris coupled with false bomb threats and assorted airline incidents will have a negative impact on holiday travel. “But this is terrorism”. The Islamic State terror organization claimed responsibility for the attacks. Afterward, French warplanes have launched waves of airstrikes on ISIS’ de facto capital of Raqqa, in northern Syria.

The Air France threats aren’t the only bomb scares since the Paris attacks.

On Tuesday, a bomb threat led Germany to cancel a soccer game with the Netherlands that Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her Cabinet planned to attend.

“World aviation is on high alert”, said Mr Mark Martin, founder of Dubai-based Martin Consulting, adding that airports must step up screening of all staff entering airports.