NAIROBI, Kenya: Air France says investigators are working to confirm whether the package found on Flight 463 contained explosives.
The Boeing 777 was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris from Mauritius when its pilots requested an emergency landing at 12:37 a.m. Sunday in the Kenyan city of Mombasa.
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Kenyan authorities said the suspected device was found in one of the plane's lavatories.
The Air France spokeswoman, who could not be named to discuss the ongoing investigation, said local authorities were also interviewing passengers. The airline has sent a substitute plane to pick up the passengers.
