Air France has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya last December 20 after authorities discovered what is believed to be a bomb.
The supposed bomb was composed of cardboard, paper, and a timer. It was found at around 12am hidden in a cabinet at the back of the lavatory mirror. It was probably left there around 11pm before the plane took off from Mauritius, a winter tourist spot popular to the French. The plane was forced to land due to such difficulty at Mombasa, Kenya.
According to the CEO of the airline Frederic Gagey, they have been tightening security measures since the Paris attack last November 13.
'It was an ensemble of cardboard, papers and something that resembled a kitchen timer. Nothing that presented a danger to the plane, to the passengers or to the crew,' Gagey said as he confirmed that the device contained no explosives.
Gagey commended the crew and passenger's composed reaction to the crisis as it made its emergency landing in Moi International Airport. To be sure, another round of security measures were performed before the air transport flew again. The airline CEO believed that safety regulations have been properly carried out and there were instances when such were carried out twice, just to make sure.
The person who found the home made device was asked a few questions. 5 other travelers were interrogated as well as mentioned by police authorities from Kenya who investigated the case.
France has been implementing high security measures since the attack on Paris occurred where 130 people got killed and this has been the fourth bomb hoax since then. This has caused a difficult and confusing problem for authorities because aside from the fact that they want to keep citizens safe, they also would not want to feed terrorism.
All bomb threats that have been later found out to be fake occurred in the United States. There were also jihadi attack threats in Los Angeles and New York last December 15.
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