Airliner Searched for Missing Explosives
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Authorities evacuated an Air France airliner at Los Angeles International Airport early Saturday and searched for explosives that had disappeared during a French police training exercise at an airport outside of Paris, officials said.
No explosives were found on Flight 70, which arrived late Friday from Charles de Gaulle Airport.
French military police had been using the explosives to train dogs to detect bombs but lost track of luggage containing an unspecified type and amount of explosive, authorities said.
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