Two U.S. to France Flights Grounded After Threats

Washington, DC (WOLO)– Two Air France jets in the air..and on the way..to Paris.. Tuesday night..had to be diverted. Bomb threats…called in from the ground led at least one of those flights to be diverted. At this hour.. both jets are on the ground..and all passengers are safe. That’s the latest from the FAA. An anonymous bomb threat prompted the airline to interrupt one flight headed from Los Angeles to France and divert it to Salt Lake City. Air France also diverted a flight from Washington, D.C. to Paris and redirected it to Halifax… although it is unclear why that plane was diverted. Earlier in the day an exhibition soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled after police said they also received a bomb threat. Of course, all of this causing concerns so close to Friday’s attacks in Paris.