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| Turkish plane diverted to Canada over bomb threat | Turkish plane diverted to Canada over bomb threat |
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| A Turkish Airlines flight from New York was diverted to Canada after a bomb threat, Canadian officials say. | A Turkish Airlines flight from New York was diverted to Canada after a bomb threat, Canadian officials say. |
| The Turkey-bound flight with 256 people on board landed safely at Halifax International Airport in eastern Canada. | The Turkey-bound flight with 256 people on board landed safely at Halifax International Airport in eastern Canada. |
| Canadian police said they were investigating but would not comment on the details of the threat. | |
| The incident comes amid heightened tensions a week after attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. | |
| The Royal Canadian Mounted Police force for Nova Scotia said on its Twitter feed that the bomb threat was received at 22:50 local time (02:50 GMT) - by which time the flight had already taken off from John F Kennedy airport, according to flight tracking sites. | |
| It landed in Halifax at 12:53 local. | |
| Last Tuesday, two Air France flights from the US to Paris were diverted because of bombs threats. | |
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