Plane heading to France evacuated in Amsterdam

2015-11-15 03:39:17

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

Amsterdam: An Air France flight was grounded in Amsterdam after somebody made threats over Twitter to blow it up.

All passengers were evacuated from flight AF1741 from Schipol airport which was due to land in Charles de Gaulle in Paris on Saturday.

Security officials searched the plane with sniffer dogs after a Twitter account said the jet would be blown up in the same way as the Russian plane leaving Sharm el-Sheikh last month.

An Air France spokesman confirmed the evacuation telling (MailOnline) "The flight is grounded. We received threats by Twitter this afternoon."

Paris's airports have remained open despite the wave of terror attacks which rocked the capital leaving at least 129 people dead.

Some airlines have cancelled all flights to the French capital until further notice but Air France and many others are continuing to fly.

QNA

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