Updated: Air France 777 diverted after fake bomb found in toilet; 2 detained

An Air France Boeing 777 enroute from Mauritius to Paris Dec.20 diverted to Kenya after a fake bomb was discovered in one of the lavatories. According to a New York Times report , the fake device was made of cardboard, sheets of paper and a timer; nothing that would have triggered an alert during...

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