An Air China flight returned safely to Paris after receiving a suspected terrorist threat, the airline said on Thursday.

"Air China has received a suspected terrorist message. Flight CA876 has returned to Paris safely, with the plane and its passengers all unharmed," it said in its official account on the Chinese social networking service Weibo.

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