FRANCE: Air China Flight From Paris To Beijing Forced Back After Suspected Terrorist Threat

An Air China flight was turned around after receiving suspected terrorist information during an international trip that was later said be a false threat.

The flight was travelling from France to Beijing on Thursday when it was suddenly forced to turn back and land in Paris.

In a message posted across social media, the commercial airline said it received a suspected terrorist message after taking off.

Air China has received a suspected terrorist message, the statement read. Flight CA876 has returned to Paris safely, with the plane and its passengers all unharmed.

By Thursday afternoon, however, Chinese state media reported the issue was a false alarm.

The Air China flight reported an emergency after 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Reports from international air transportation monitoring agencies about an emergency on the Air China trip were posted to Twitter early Thursday morning.

The flight’s trajectory showed the plane had not yet passed Brussels, Belgium before turning around to Paris.

Air China did not immediately respond to enquiries, but said in a statement to one of its social media profiles that it turned the flight around to ensure safety.


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EUROPE: Europe’s Beaches The Target Of Terrorist Attacks

The Islamic State group is considered to be planning terrorist attacks on the beaches of Europe this summer

Bombs can be placed under the loungers and the attackers can be disguised as street vendors, according to the leaders of the Intelligence Services in Italy, informs Daily Mail.

Italian Intelligence Agency presented to the German BND details of these plans and the terrorists’ strategies to commit bomb attacks in resorts, the German daily newspaper Bild reported.

The Italian Intelligence Agency received information about the terrorist plans from a credible source in Africa. They also announced that the attackers have concrete plans to disguise themselves into tourists and sell drinks, snacks, accessories and T-shirts on the European beaches.

German media reported that SI can send suicide bombers disguised as street vendors and would place bombs under sunbeds in famous resorts in Spain, France and Italy. Beaches resorts that are considered to be specially targeted in southern France, Costa del Sol in Spain and both coasts of Italy, according to the heads of the intelligence services, quoted by Bild.

Build had also informed that plans are involving the use of automatic weapons on crowded beaches, sand burial of explosive devices under beds and commit suicide attacks.

Last year, 38 people died after a man opened the fire on a beach in Tunisia.