Venezuela Finds No Explosives On Paris-bound Plane

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Searchers turned up no evidence of explosives on a Paris-bound Air France plane that was grounded after French intelligence authorities warned that terrorists might be planning to blow it up, Venezuela's government said Sunday. More than 60 technicians, bomb experts and a canine team made two exhaustive searches of the aircraft and passenger luggage Saturday night and a third one Sunday with representatives of the airline, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said. He said that although no signs of any explosives were found, authorities would closely monitor all Air France flights entering and leaving the country. The precise nature of the bomb threat was not known, but Rodriguez Torres said French authorities passed along information from a credible source that a terrorist group was seeking to put a bomb aboard an unspecified flight from Caracas to Paris, or vice versa. "We don't want to speculate on the motives because the information comes directly from French intelligence services," Rodriguez Torres told state TV on Saturday. In Paris, the French Interior Ministry said Sunday that France immediately alerted Venezuelan authorities upon learning of a potential threat to the route, which is served only by Air France. "It is obviously the principle of precaution," Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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