French passenger plane grounded after 'threatening' Tweet

An Air France has been grounded at Amsterdam Airport in the Netherlands after security services reported a threatening Tweet.

Flight AF1741 was scheduled to take off from Amsterdam for Paris on Saturday afternoon.

However, shortly before takeoff all passengers were evacuated and the plane was searched after a threat was posted on Twitter.

The area around the plane was closed during the search and passengers on the observation deck inside the airport were asked to leave. 

Gates at Terminal C of Schipol Airport were also closed off, with hundreds of travellers stuck in the reception area.