MILAN (Reuters) – An Air France flight from Pisa to Paris has been forced to land at Milan’s Malpensa airport after a suspicious piece of baggage was found aboard, but the airline says it was a false alarm and no one was in danger.
“Air France confirms that the plane was made to land at Malpensa because of a suspicious bag,” an Air France spokeswoman in Rome said on Friday.
“It was a false alarm. The checks are over, there was nothing dangerous and the flight should take off for Paris in an hour or an hour and a half,” she said.
The incident occurred on flight AF1567, operated by Air France’s regional subsidiary Regional, flying from the central Italian city of Pisa to Paris, Air France said.
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By: wysiwyg - 26th March 2004 at 20:15
Well if it turned out that there was something unidentified on one of my flights I’d stick it on the deck asap too. Current climate dictates a take no risks policy.
By: Jeanske_SN - 26th March 2004 at 18:14
I assume that will have been a CRJ?
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March 26, 2004 at 6:10 pm