The pilots of an Air France flight had a huge scare on Tuesday October 1st. An airliner was flying from Paris to Dubai over Iraq as Iran targeted Israel with dozens of missiles. The plane was hijacked, but what was he doing in this corridor? An internal investigation is underway, in particular to find out whether the company reacted quickly enough.
Cet the plane had the right to fly over Iraq. Businesses generally avoid the country, but one corridor remains busy. This is where he was flight AF662 at 18:45 on Tuesday 1 Octoberat the precise moment when Iran launched its attack. The plane was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, Iraq is in the path of 180 missiles.
Air France assures that it reacted quickly, sinceA quarter of an hour later, the plane left Iraqi airspace. “The facts that concern us are that Air France did not warn the pilots of this imminent attackwhile all major companies and even the general public were aware of the imminence of the attack,” lamented David Buchard, pilot at Air France and Alter union representative.
“Having a plane flying in airspace where missiles are flying, This is absolutely unacceptable.he added. Within the company, the idea is circulating that the pilots saw the missiles. However, the plane was flying at an altitude of 10 km and the Iranian planes at least 100 km above the ground.
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