Two US to Paris flights diverted Tuesday due to reports of bomb threats

Several media outlets are reporting that two Air France flights departing the United States for Paris Tuesday night have been diverted due to apparent bomb threats. The flights, departing from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., were rerouted to Salt Lake City and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The news is especially sobering considering Russia’s conclusion that Metrojet Flight 9268 was brought down by a bomb.

BREAKING: Air France flight from LAX en route to Paris was diverted to SLC due to a bomb threat. Stay tuned for more info as we receive it.

— KSL 5 TV (@KSL5TV) November 18, 2015

BREAKING: .@Rene_MarshCNN reporting Air France flight diverted to Salt Lake City because of phoned in bomb threat.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) November 18, 2015

Per FAA, #AF65—LA to Paris—diverted to Salt Lake City due to a "security incident". https://t.co/codxvNqXPP pic.twitter.com/gvL1TmLvL1

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) November 18, 2015

Air France: 2 Paris-bound flights subjected to anon threats by phone. AF requested landings of flights in Halifax and SLC to check them out.

— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) November 18, 2015

FAA confirms #AF55 IAD-CDG and #AF65 LAX-CDG both diverted, apparently due to phoned-in bomb threats. #VOAalert #aviation

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) November 18, 2015

Air France flight from Washington to Paris diverted to Halifax. Passengers are being removed from flight. No word on why flight diverted.

— CBC Nova Scotia (@CBCNS) November 18, 2015

Airport official says Air France flight 055 landed safely and plane is being evacuated. 298 passengers and crew onboard.

— Kelland Sundahl (@KSundahlCTV) November 18, 2015

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The scene at @slcairport pic.twitter.com/b2Xn04AaUF

— KSL (@KSLcom) November 18, 2015

Air France plane diverted to Salt Lake is a massive Airbus A380. @NBCDFW https://t.co/4mHhjToGAn

— Brian Curtis (@BrianCurtisNBC5) November 18, 2015

Air France confirms to @ABC that 2 Paris-bound flights originating in the US received phoned in bomb threats after take off, via @ElarAlpaca

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) November 18, 2015

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https://twitter.com/keithrosso/status/666800659040067584

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Editor’s note: Twitchy will update this post as details become available.