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Air France has suspended flights over the Red Sea area as a precaution and “until further notice” after a crew reported a “luminous object” over Sudan, the company announced on Sunday, November 3. .
Air France announced on Sunday, November 3, that it would suspend flights over the Red Sea area “until further notice” as a precautionary principle. Why such a decision? It “follows the suspicion of observation by a crew of a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area”, explained the airline on X.
Thus, the specialized quote Air plus news reveals that several Air France flights were forced to turn around. This is the case for Paris-Madagascar and Paris-Kenya. The Paris-Reunion flight was postponed until Monday, November 5, while the flight from Mauritius to Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle changed its route to avoid the risk zone.
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ud83dudd34 Abnormal situation in Africa.
u25abufe0fAir France flights from Paris to Madagascar & Kenya turn around to Paris.
u25abufe0fThis evening’s Air France Paris CDG – Reunion flight, postponed until tomorrow.
u25abufe0fThe Air France Maurice – Paris CDG flight changes its route, heading North-East, and… pic.twitter.com/LLJJkY1zFQ
— air plus news (@airplusnews) https://twitter.com/airplusnews/status/1853148451128922402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
A “luminous object” seen in the sky of Sudan
Quickly, a Madagascar media outlet relayed the information that the Paris-Madagascar flight had turned around. But the local media went further, indicating that “the captain reported that the reason for this return to the airport was a missile that had been sent to another Air France plane in the region, near Sudan.” . The information was then relayed on X by Internet users.
Good evening, we do not confirm this information and provide the following clarifications:
As part of the 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…— Air France Newsroom (@AFnewsroom) https://twitter.com/AFnewsroom/status/1853172132941074454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The airline provided details and wrote that “as a precautionary principle, Air France had decided to suspend flights over the Red Sea area until further notice.” What about a potential missile seen in the air? It has not been confirmed, the company preferred to deny it and cited “the suspicion of observation by a crew of a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area”. These facts recall a flight of the company on 1is October, linking Dubai, which flew over Iraq during Iranian missile launches towards Israel.
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A decision based on security imperatives, given the regional instability for almost a year. If the airspace above the region has not been closed, Air France was keen to point out that “the safety of its customers and crews is its absolute imperative”, while claiming to follow the geopolitical evolution of territories served and flown over.
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