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| Terror on board Air France jet as plane plummets 'nose first' nearly 30,000ft within minutes after engine explodes setting 'wing on fire' and leaving passengers fearing they would be 'smashed to pieces' |
| 2025-12-22 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] According to Le Parisien, flight tracking data from FlightRadar shows that the aircraft descended from an altitude of approximately 34,000 feet to around 5,000 feet in about ten minutes Passengers said the captain had explained that the left engine of the aircraft 'stopped working mid-flight.' However, Air France referred to the incident as an 'engine failure'. An industry expert explained that it is a case of 'engine surge' where the crew is forced to 'shut down the engine' after air pockets form within it and create vibrations, according to Le Parisien. The crew ultimately decided to divert flight AF 7721 from Paris to Ajaccio to Lyon during the incident this weekend. The airline stated that the decision was taken 'in accordance with the manufacturer's procedures, the company's instructions, and the precautionary principle.' Passengers were forced to take a replacement flight at 10:40pm, which brought them to Bastia, and from there a bus to Ajaccio, where they arrived at 3am. The landing in Lyon 'went normally on a single engine,' according to the expert. |
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