Air France says its flights between Paris and Los Angeles will return to normal on Friday after six flights were cancelled for security concerns in the past two days.

The French government on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the six flights, to and from Los Angeles after the US warned of a possible terrorist attack involving the flights.

LA officials say the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security were probing an unspecified threat, but refused to disclose details.

US media reported as many as six of the passengers traveling to Los Angeles had names similar to suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban members, and one may have been a trained pilot.

But French officials said, after thorough checks, nothing had been found relating to terrorist attacks.

(CRI December 26, 2003)