Emergency landing in Budapest: smoke detected in the cockpit of an Air France flight from Paris
G4Media has reported on a recent emergency landing, involving a flight from Paris to Bucharest, which was scheduled to land at midnight on Monday but unexpectedly touched down in Budapest instead.
Lucian Mîndruță, a journalist, reported an emergency occurrence upon the aircraft’s descent over Budapest. Approximately 20-30 minutes following the emergency call, the aircraft landed at Liszt Ferenc Airport, as stated in his Facebook post. He obtained this information from a passenger aboard the aircraft.
According to the report on the emergency landing, upon touch-down, the pilots informed passengers of their location and the diversion due to an unspecified technical issue. It was later revealed that smoke was detected in the cockpit.
Budapest Airport has issued the following statement regarding the emergency landing:
“Air France flight AF1088 Paris – Bucharest was aborted due to smoke in the cabin and landed at 22:34 on Monday at Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The aircraft was inspected by firefighters at the scene and will fly back to Paris this morning without passengers. The airline sent a relief flight to pick up the passengers, which will continue to Bucharest in the morning on Tuesday.”
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The plane did NOT “inadvertently touched down in Budapest”! Unexpectedly, perhaps, but this was a very intentional act on the part of the pilot to get the plane down quickly and safely.
Thanks for your feedback. We’ve corrected this minor mishap. 🙂