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Canadian police have found no explosive device on board the Turkish Airlines plane flying from New York to Istanbul that was diverted to the Halifax Airport in Canada, officials say.

No "suspicions packages" were discovered as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, according to an announcement by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for Nova Scotia.

A Turkish Airlines flight en route to Turkey from New York has been diverted to Canada following a bomb threat, according to Canadian officials.

The bomb alert was received at 02:50 after the plane had taken off from the John F Kennedy International Airport, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police office for Nova Scotia said on Twitter.