B*mb threat came to the Turkish
Airlines flight which made an emergency landing after the Paris attacks that claimed
130 lives and heightened security concerns worldwide.
The police force tweeted:
"Investigation into bomb threat is in its early stages. Threat was
received at 10.50pm this evening.
"#RCMP will not be
commenting on the details of the bomb threat. This will form part of the
investigation.
"#RCMP is looking to
establish the origin of the threat and identify the person or persons
responsible."
The Turkish Airlines flight
from New York was diverted to Canada after a bomb threat, police have said.
The plane landed safely at
Halifax airport and police were searching it using dogs trained in explosives,
the Nova Scotia branch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Twitter.
Separately, Halifax airport
tweeted that the transfer of the 256 passengers and crew on the flight to the
terminal was going smoothly and all were safe.
The airport tweeted that
the flight was bound for the Turkish capital of Ankara, while the RCMP had
initially tweeted that it was headed to Istanbul.
Turkish Airlines did not
immediately respond to a request for comment and Halifax airport officials
could not immediately be reached to clarify.
On 17 October, Air France
Flight 55 from Dulles International Airport outside Washington was diverted to
Halifax after an anonymous bomb threat was phoned in after the plane had taken
off.
The FBI said authorities
had investigated and found no credible threat, while the RCMP said
investigators found no evidence of an explosive device.
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