Airports around the world suffered major technical problems Thursday connected to a temporary failure of a system for checking in passengers and luggage.

Patrice Baletti, policier à la retraite de 58 ans, qui était à un certain moment soupçonné d’avoir placé dans les toilettes d’un avion d’Air France une bombe factice, est sorti libre en fin d’après-midi lundi 21 décembre.

Kenyan authorities are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in a lavatory.

An Air France flight from San Francisco to Paris was diverted to Montreal after an anonymous threat, the airline said.

Air France is facing its most disruptive pilot strike since 1998 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG is bracing for another walkout tomorrow as both carriers confront worker resistance to sweeping overhauls aimed at cutting costs.