a second Air France flight diverted in three days for “a hot smell”

Second scare for Air France in the space of a few days. A Boeing 777-200 flying from Los Angeles to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport had to make an emergency landing Thursday evening. The airline explains that the plane “landed in Montreal after a four-hour flight” after a “hot smell” was felt on board the aircraft. The French company ensures that the landing and handling of passengers took place in accordance with “the manufacturer’s procedure, Air France’s instructions and the precautionary principle”. On X (formerly Twitter), images show the presence of firefighters on the tarmac. Last Tuesday, a Boeing 787-900 from the French company – initially flying from Paris to Seattle (United States) – had already made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, Canada, for the same reason, before being inspected by mechanics.

315 passengers relocated

Regarding Thursday’s incident, the airline specifies that “the plane landed at 10:13 p.m. without problem, in complete safety. The procedure involves passengers being greeted by firefighters. They were disembarked quickly and were able to collect their luggage. The approximately 315 travelers on board flight AF21 were “rehoused and fed”. However, still on X, a worried passenger demands explanations from the company, claiming that their luggage was not loaded in Los Angeles.

Air France is not the only company to have suffered from incidents on the fleet of the American manufacturer Boeing this week. In Istanbul, a cargo plane operated by FedEx coming from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport was forced to land without a front wheel, the landing gear door not having deployed. No injuries to report, but impressive images which are unlikely to do any harm to Boeing’s reputation.

The American Civil Aviation Agency (FAA) announced on Monday the opening of an investigation against Boeing to determine whether the aircraft manufacturer had carried out the required inspections of its emblematic 787s. “Dreamliner.”