No threat found on diverted SFO-Paris flight

Anonymous threats that caused an Air France flight to be diverted after leaving San Francisco International Airport Monday afternoon have proven to be false, Air France officials said Tuesday morning.

Flight 83 left SFO around 3 p.m. and was headed to Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France, but was diverted to Montreal because of anonymous threats, airline officials confirmed in a Twitter message at 10:50 p.m.

The crew of decided to land in Montreal as a precaution, airline officials said.

Local authorities there carried out a full security search before concluding the threats were unfounded, according to airline officials.