Officials at Cairo's international airport said they found a bomb in a plane that arrived from the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

A team of explosive experts was summoned. They removed the bomb from the plane and defused it away from the airport buildings.

The officials said a steward found the bomb on Wednesday in a cabinet for paper towels in one of the plane's toilets. Experts searched the plane but found nothing else suspicious.

Airport security questioned the crew, looked for fingerprints and reviewed information on recent passengers, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity under airport rules.

The plane was scheduled for a return flight to Tripoli on Wednesday. The plane's operator, Libyan Airlines, sent another plane in its place.