Las autoridades de Kenia están examinando un dispositivo sospechoso encontrado en el baño de un avión de Air France que despegó desde las Islas Mauricio y tuvo que realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en el puerto de Mombasa, dijo el domingo el ministro del Interior.
A view of an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing is pictured at Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. An Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and made an emergency landing at Kenya’s port city of Mombasa after a suspicious device was found in a toilet, Kenya’s head of police and the airline said on Sunday. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Passengers who were onboard an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing board a bus as they are escorted to hotels from Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. An Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and made an emergency landing at Kenya’s port city of Mombasa after a suspicious device was found in a toilet, Kenya’s head of police and the airline said on Sunday. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Passengers who were onboard an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing board a bus as they are escorted to hotels from Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. An Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and made an emergency landing at Kenya’s port city of Mombasa after a suspicious device was found in a toilet, Kenya’s head of police and the airline said on Sunday. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Passengers who were onboard an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing are seen on a bus as they are escorted to hotels from Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. An Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and made an emergency landing at Kenya’s port city of Mombasa after a suspicious device was found in a toilet, Kenya’s head of police and the airline said on Sunday. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Passengers who were onboard an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing are seen on a bus as they are escorted to hotels from Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Passengers who were onboard an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing are escorted from Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Airport workers are seen near the Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing is pictured at Moi International Airport in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015. The Air France flight from Mauritius diverted and made an emergency landing at Kenya’s port city of Mombasa after a suspicious device was found in a toilet, Kenya’s head of police and the airline said on Sunday. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Joseph Nkaissery dijo a periodistas en el aeropuerto de Mombasa que las autoridades estaban trabajando con sus contrapartes de Francia y las Islas Mauricio para determinar la naturaleza del dispositivo.
Afirmó que un número no revelado de pasajeros que estaban a bordo de la aeronave estaban siendo interrogados sobre el aparato sospechoso, aunque no dijo si hay personas arrestadas.
El inspector general de la policía Joseph Boinnet informó en su cuenta de Twitter que el Boeing 777 que se dirigía a París con 459 pasajeros a bordo y 14 tripulantes fue evacuado exitosamente tras aterrizar en Mombasa en las primeras horas del domingo.
“Expertos anti bombas de la Marina y de la Dirección de Investigaciones Criminales han removido el dispositivo y lo están examinando para determinar si sus componentes contenían explosivos”, dijo Boinnet.
Air France dijo en un comunicado que la medida fue tomada como precaución y que todos los pasajeros fueron evacuados del avión por sus salidas de emergencia.
