Turkish plane diverted to Canada over bomb threat
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.// 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.//