Two flights of the French company turned around after the report of an unidentified “luminous object” over Sudan.
The airline Air France announced this Sunday, November 3, the suspension “until further notice” flying over the Red Sea, an area stretching from eastern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. This decision follows suspicion “observation by a crew of a luminous object at high altitude in the area of Sudan”, justified the company on X.
According to the specialized site Air Plus News, two Air France flights, including “Paris-Madagascar” and the « Paris-Kenya »turned back towards Paris during the day. The flight “Paris CDG-Reunion” was postponed until the next day, while the flight « Maurice-Paris CDG » changed its route.
In response, Air France declared: “As a precautionary principle, Air France has decided to suspend flights over the Red Sea area until further notice. As a result, the route of some of its flights was changed. Depending on their location, some aircraft were able to turn around and return to land at their departure airport, such as flight AF934 linking Paris to Antananarivo. This decision follows the suspicion of observation by a crew of a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area.
But then, what could this be? “luminous object” mentioned ? An Internet user claims that«a missile» would have been “pulled from Sudan towards an Air France plane”. Air France, however, denied this allegation: “We do not confirm the information ''a missile which had been sent to another Air France plane'' and provide details on the reason for the U-turn of flight AF934 to Paris-Antananarivo.”
Air France recalled that “the safety of its customers and crews is its absolute imperative. The company constantly monitors the evolution of the geopolitical situation of the territories served and overflown by its aircraft in order to ensure the highest level of flight safety and security..
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