Air France suspends flights over the area, several of its planes turn back

The civil war currently shaking Sudan and the Houthi attacks from Yemen are having repercussions on Air France flights. Based on the precautionary principle, the airline announced on Sunday that it was suspending “until further notice” flights over the Red Sea area.

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Flights forced to turn around

Unable to determine the nature of this luminous object, certain flights “were able to turn around and return to land at their departure airport, such as flight AF934 linking Paris to Antananarivo. » Instead of landing in the capital of Madagascar, the travelers returned at the end of the evening to Paris on Sunday. Flight AF814 linking Paris to Nairobi in Kenya also turned back.

The company also insisted on the fact that it was not “confirming the information” relayed numerous times by Internet users on social networks on the fact that the luminous object would in fact be a missile.

Air France, on the other hand, indicated that it “continuously monitors the evolution of the geopolitical situation in the territories served and overflown by its aircraft in order to ensure the highest level of safety and flight security. »