Bomb threat forces French plane to land in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - An Air France jet with 405 passengers made an emergency landing in north-east Brazil after a bomb threat, which later turned out to be false, local media reported.

The aircraft which also had 18 crew was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when the control tower received a bomb threat, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported.

The Boeing 747 was isolated in one sector of the Recife airport after landing, but an inspection found no explosives.