No explosives were found on a Turkish Airlines (THYAO.<br />IS) flight diverted to Halifax, Canada, after a bomb threat and the plane was cleared to continue its journey, Canadian police and the airline said on Sunday.<br />The flight, originally bound for Istanbul from New York, has now safely departed, Halifax Stanfield International Airport said on Twitter.<br />Security officials have been on high alert since Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for attacks this month in Paris that killed 130 people.<br />Russia has said the group was also responsible for the downing on Oct. 31 of a plane returning to St. Petersburg from the Sharm al-Sheikh resort in Egypt.<br />The Turkish Airlines plane had been diverted after a threat was received at 10:50 p.m. ET on Saturday evening, the Nova Scotia branch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Twitter.<br />The plane landed safely and police said they searched it using dogs.
