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Device in the plane bathroom and alerted the crew. the decision was made to land in mombasa, kenia, the closest airport that could receive a 777 airplane. the flight had 459 passengers and 14 crew members on board. they were evacuated out of the emergency chutes and the airport was closed down for several hours. the device had no chase of explosives on it, so its unlikely air france says that it would have been picked up by any preflight security checks. air france has had three bomb scares on f...

That as frankly not true, and donald trump also brought up the idea that in paris as well, that there are muslim no-go zones with which is a conspiracy theory that has been debunked a number of times, and is that a version of the facts that the candidate stands by even when you the british prime minister and the french leader denying that is the case in their own countries, and these are two countries that are fighting the terror threat very much everyday as well. >> well, i heard a fox news xhe...

The united states has denied responsibility saying a russian warplane carried out the airstrike. and the u.s. is touting its strikes against isis. the pentagon has confirmed that a top isis leader in libya was killed in an airstrike last month. longtime al qaeda operative abu nabil was targeted in a november 13th strike. also the state department has confirmed that a minnesota man who authorities say became a recruiter for isis, surrendered overseas last month. his name is mohamed abdullah hassa...

>> yeah. >> we leverage a 767 flight which tomorrow will fly to cincinnati, ohio, put on all the trees on a 777, that will go over to bahrain and then work with the d.o.d. in the middle east to work to make sure the trees get distributed to the bases in kuwait, afghanistan and iraq. >> why is this important to dhl? you do a lot of this? >> for us its our way of saying thank you to the brave men and women who protect and serve the country. if we can bring a little bit of home to them from the hol...

The other left dulles airport. and as you said, anderson, because of those phoned-in bomb threats, they had to divert. they could not go to their destination last night. again, we should point out that receiving bomb threats for these airlines, thats not so much a unique situation, but the timing of all of this is whats noteworthy. were talking about air france flights, both of them bound for paris. of course, the timing. this is a point where paris is trying to move forward. its still dealing w...

Paris, sent to nova scotia airport tuesday night. airport vice president confirmed to cnn. you also told us that he could not say whether the flight was diverted but confirmed the flight landed safely at 10:00 p.m. local time. which is 9:15 eastern time and 298 passengers and crew were being transported from the aircraft to the terminal at this time. again air france flight 55 which is a boeing 777, diverted to halifax airport, 2 fact passengers on board. they landed safely. you are looking at n...

London to boston. flight 213. a boeing 777. theyre inbound into the united states they had a problem with a 30-year-old passenger. she apparently was trying to open the exit door and as a result they tried to stop her and things got a little testy in flight and british airwayings saying that she was not cooperative and in fact was rude and as a result she had to be restroined. they landed there at boston. police met the aircraft and they took her into custody. it is believed that she is of polis...

Happened and by late evening the same thing happened in a dozen other cities in the united states and puerto rico. its crazy. our guest is here, an airline captain and aviation analyst. as a boeing 777 pilot, that is scary when one hits you. i think people think theyre pinpoints. but when theyre at altitude, theyre not pinpoints anymore. >> exactly, they spread out. the point being, people dont understand, its just not aiming something. it creates this huge green flash in the cockpit. its totall...

>> elise abbott, thank you. three very distinguished experts. michael weis is cnn contributor and at the daily beast and author of isis inside the army of terror. lost aban is a boeing 777 captain and a cnn analyst. anthony may is a former explosives expert with the u.s. bureau of tobacco and firearms and a veteran of the twa 800 case back from 1996. michael weis, if i can begin with you. the issue of these that smoking guns so far or definitive smoking guns so far. but there are definitely clue...

This. the plane passed the checks before taking off. the pilot did not put out any distress call before it disappear disappeared from the radar, and the metro jet airliner is saying that our plane was safe to fly, and they are saying that it was certain influence, and whether it is technical or mechanical, but they are also saying that it is not a pilot error, and the chances that a plane just disintegrates on its own is very rare. that is what is so much of a mystery here. >> arwa damon, evan p...