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20th December 2015
11:41am GMT

Police spokesman Charles Owino said: “It (Flight AF463) requested an emergency landing after a device suspected to be a bomb was discovered in the lavatory, an emergency was prepared and it landed safely and all passengers evacuated.”
“Bomb experts from the navy and the CID were called in and took the device which they are dismantling to establish if it had any explosives,” Owino said.
At least one passenger on board the plane is believed to have been held in custody, while a substitute plane was dispatched by Air France to pick up the remaining passengers.
An unnamed official was quoted on Kenyan website Standard Digital News as saying: “It is a real bomb and it could have exploded airborne or on arriving in Paris. More will be disclosed but we have a suspect in custody.”
Normal operations have subsequently resumed at Mombasa Airport after initial disruptions.Explore more on these topics: