Antoine Dupont of Lille said, "I really admired the crew, because they thought it was a real bomb and they remained very serene," he said. "One of my grandchildren said: `The slide was super!`"
All 459 passengers and 14 crew members traveling from Mauritius to Paris were safely evacuated.
It was the fourth recent bomb hoax against Air France.
France has been in a state of emergency since Islamic extremist attacks Nov. 13.
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