Air France flight #AF934 departed Paris CDG at 10:45 CEST to Antananarivo, the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

The Boeing Boeing 777-200ER (registration F-GSPZ) departed from runway 08L then climbed to 33,000 ft.

Pilots declared an emergency (squawk 7700) while on approach to Paris.

The crew decided to turn around over Egypt due to “precautionary measures regarding the Middle East situation” the airline said to AIRLIVE.

A Madagascar presidential candidate on board AF934 said it turned back over Egypt today after the plane in front nearly got hit by a missile.

UPDATE 17:50 CEST
The Aircraft is on hold, North of Paris at 11,000 ft.

UPDATE 18:12 UTC
Flight #AF934 has landed back at Paris CDG Airport on runway 08R, about 7 hours after deparure.

Air France flight #AF814 to Nairobi also returned to paris CDG on the same flight path.

Yesterday, Air France #AF470 to Mauritius declared an emergency and returned to CDG due to a technical issue.

UPDATE 20:41 CEST
Air France confirms that, as a precautionary measure, it has decided to suspend overflight of the Red Sea area until further notice. This decision follows the suspicion of a crew observing a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area.

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Flight #AF470 departed Paris CDG Airport terminal 2E at 18:28 CEST for a 11 hours and 10 minutes flight to Port Louis, Mauritius.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GSQX) was over Croatia when the crew decided to turn around due to a technical issue.

After 3 hours into the flight, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and entered a hold between Paris and Lyon at 31,000 ft.

UPDATE 21:40 CEST
Flight #AF470 has started descent to Paris.

UPDATE 22:09 CEST
The Boeing 777 has landed runway 08L at Paris CDG.

UPDATE 22:11 CEST
The aircraft has vacated the runway, taxiing to the gate.

UPDATE 22:18 CEST

#AF470 returned to CDG following mode control panel speed selector failure.

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The flight #AF179 departed Mexico City International Airport Benito Juárez at 20:06 CST.

The Airbus A350-900 (registration F-HUVI) climbed to altitude cruise of 39,000 ft and flew for about 4 hours before ATC vectored the plane to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

The crew detected a burning smell from the galley and preferred to divert as precautionary measure.

The aircraft taxied to the gate and was checked by ground team.

Two hours later, the flight was cleared to continue to Paris.

The flight is expected to land at CDG Airport at 15:30 CEST.

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The flight #AF345 departed Montreal Sunday, October 27 2024 at 18:15 EDT for a 6-hour flight to Paris CDG.

After crossing the Atlantic, the Airbus A350-900 descended from 40,000 ft cruising altitude and started approach to Shannon.

Air France flight AF-345 was travelling from Montreal, Canada to Paris in France when shortly after 2:30 am, while the flight was about 45 minutes west of Ireland,

The crew made contact with air traffic controllers in Ireland shortly after 2:30 am. A short time later, the crew made another radio contact with controllers to advise about a medical emergency on board.

The plane landed at 03:03. A a male passenger in his 60s was suffering a suspected heart attack.

The crew requested medical assistance to be available to them on arrival. Airport authorities were advised of the diversion while the National Ambulance Service was alerted.

The aircraft (registration F-HUVL) continued to Paris at around 4:30 am.

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Following air strikes in Iran, Air France is changing flight paths to Middle East and Asian desitiations.

In the past few days, the flight #AF662 to Dubai flew thru Egypt, Saudi Arabia wiht a flight duration of 6 hours and 20 minutes.

Yesterday Sunday, October 27 2024, the new flight path added 3 hours. The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GZND) flew more North, over the Black Sea, then Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan then turned over Pakistan to finally reach Dubai.

Air France flights to India also now taking the North Route adding 1 hour to the usual route for flight #AF218 from Paris to Mumbai for exemple.

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Air France flight #AF662 was cruising at 35,000 ft over Iraq using specific corridor when the Iranian attack began at around 16:45 UTC.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GSQU) left the country’s airspace shortly before 17:00 UTC.

According to French media, Air France pilots saw missiles above the plane from the cockpit.

Without waiting for instructions from the Iraqi authorities, Air France has decided to suspend flights over the country’s airspace by its aircraft as of 17:00 universal time (19:00 CEST).

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However flight #AF218, connecting Paris CDG to Mumbai (India) turned around to land at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

Flight #AF257, connecting Singapore to Paris-CDG landed at Delhi (India) in order to refuel, as avoiding the region meant that the journey time would be longer.

“Iraqi airspace was not officially closed by local authorities until 17:56 UTC.

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However, commercial flights in Iran appear to have received no ATC warning about ballistic missile launches.

A company spokesperson told AFP that “an internal investigation has been opened into this event.”

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Air France flight #AF226 was scheduled to depart Paris CDG this Friday, July 26 2024 at 10h05 but the plane took off 2 hours late.

The Boeing 787-9 (registration F-HRBJ) departed from runway 27L at 14h19 local time and climbed to 35,000 ft.

But only 25 minutes after takeoff, the crew noticed a technical issue with a hydraulic pump on the Boeing 787-9.

The pilots declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and descended to 24,000 ft to enter a holding pattern in order to prepare the aircraft to return and to burn/dump fuel.

The flight turned around Est of France and returned to Paris CDG 1 hour and 54 minutes after departure from the same 27R runway.

Customers taken in charge for re-routing as soon as possible (commercial treatment in progress).

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The technical problem with the hydraulic pump was not affecting the airworthiness of the aircraft added Air France to AIRLIVE.

The aircraft is now under maintenance and the flight has been cancelled.

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