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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:09 AM Apr 2015

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AirFrance flight AF1184: Live updates as plane declares emergency at 36,000ft

Source: The Mirror

The plane was travelling from Paris to Tunisia when it ran into trouble.

Flight was headed to Tunisia.

The flight was travelling from Paris to Tunisia.

The emergency was declared in the last 20 minutes.

More on this breaking story as we get it.

BREAKING Air France #AF1184 from Paris CDG to Tunis is declaring an emergency. Track: http://t.co/mzKkQjjfiX pic.twitter.com/imuM0m2CVw
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 10, 2015

Plane descended to 24,000ft

The flight was half way through its journey to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia when it made the turn.

The plane is currently at around 24,000ft and is nearing its return to Charles De Gaulle airport.

Earlier it was thought it would be diverted to Nantes, France.

UPDATE EMERGENCY Air France #AF1184 is now heading back to Paris. Track: http://t.co/mzKkQjjfiX pic.twitter.com/hYFAuDvLRH

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/airfrance-flight-af1184-live-updates-5493193

https://fr.flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR1184

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AirFrance flight AF1184: Live updates as plane declares emergency at 36,000ft (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 OP

Flight landed safely brooklynite Apr 2015 #1

It's not uncommon for pilots to declare emergencies Major Nikon Apr 2015 #8

Landed safely. Unspecified technical issue. lamp_shade Apr 2015 #2

landed safely in Paris HERVEPA Apr 2015 #3

Well, praise be to the pilots, engineers, and flight control staff Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #4

Air France has labor issues too, but their training Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #5

The bird has landed safely. Thank heavens. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #6

good news for once dembotoz Apr 2015 #7

brooklynite

(94,737 posts)

1. Flight landed safely

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:30 AM

Apr 2015

No word on cause of the emergency.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

8. It's not uncommon for pilots to declare emergencies

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:09 AM

Apr 2015

The vast majority of them end without incident.

lamp_shade

(14,842 posts)

2. Landed safely. Unspecified technical issue.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:30 AM

Apr 2015

Per your link.

HERVEPA

(6,107 posts)

3. landed safely in Paris

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:32 AM

Apr 2015

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

4. Well, praise be to the pilots, engineers, and flight control staff

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:33 AM

Apr 2015

who made that possible.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

5. Air France has labor issues too, but their training

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:39 AM

Apr 2015

Last edited Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:40 AM - Edit history (1)

and maintenance are second to none.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

6. The bird has landed safely. Thank heavens.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:41 AM

Apr 2015

Will update when more info available.

Tunisia?

dembotoz

(16,835 posts)

7. good news for once

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:34 AM

Apr 2015

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