Bomb Threats Force Air France Planes To Land

Two Air France flights from the US to Paris have been diverted following a security alert.

Flight AF055 from Washington Dulles and AF065 from Los Angeles were both en route to Paris Charles de Gaulle when the airline received anonymous threats after take-off.

A statement from Air France said: "As a precautionary measure and to conduct all necessary security checks, Air France, applying their safety regulations in force, decided to request the landings of both aircraft."

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Intelligence agents are investigating the source of the telephone calls. It was unclear whether the warnings for both flights were from the same person.

FBI agent Todd Palmer told CNN: "Several law enforcement agencies are working to determine the nature of the threats which caused the aircraft to divert."

A passenger on the flight from Dulles, which landed safely in Halifax, Canada, with 262 passengers, said they were informed the plane was being diverted after two-and-a-half hours of flying.

He said: "Upon landing, one of the flight attendants said it was a security issue that needed to get addressed."

The Los Angeles flight, which had 497 people on board, landed safely in Utah.

American authorities said they found "no credible threat" after searching the plane, passengers and luggage in Salt Lake City.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said no evidence of an explosive device had been uncovered during their searches.

Passengers later reboarded the planes and completed their journey to Paris.

The incidents were the latest in a series of security scares coming in the immediate aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks in the French capital.

On Tuesday, four people were removed from a Baltimore-to-Chicago Spirit Airlines flight after a fellow passenger reported "suspicious activity".

Police later said the potential threat turned out to be someone watching a news report on their smartphone.

Also on Tuesday, a British Airways flight from London to Boston notified police before landing that the crew had restrained a passenger who tried to open an exit door mid-flight.

State Police said the female passenger was "drunk", and the incident had no connection to terrorism.

A resort hotel at Walt Disney World in Florida was briefly evacuated on Tuesday night following an apparent bomb scare, but police found no evidence of a threat.