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Shocked passengers evacuated as airline prepares to send plane to pick them up

Passengers of Air France Flight 463 being evacuated at Moi International Airport, Mombasa. [Photo: Kelvin Karani/Standard]

Terrified passengers of Air France Flight 463 said they were lucky to be alive after the aircraft made an emergency landing at Moi International Airport (MIA), Mombasa.

It had 459 passengers and 14 crew members on board. Apart from about six passengers who were taken into custody for questioning after the discovery of a suspect device, they were all evacuated into two luxury hotels on the Kenyan coast, under protection by Kenya's security agencies and the French secret service.

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