"if you have a suspect bomb on board..... overall aim is to get the ship down ASAP..."
Why then did the pilot choose to overfly many beautiful French airports such as Lyon, Charlie De Gaulle and some nice long military airfields for an hour whilst the alleged bomb was suspected?. Then dump fuel instead of a slightly overweight landing.
Stelios fancied a look at Engerland cos he doesn't get to go there in his A343 very often!