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hundreds of passengers on board air france Flights from bangalore in india Paris They are experiencing a second day of hardship after their plane made an emergency landing Turkmenistan.
air france Flight AF191 was scheduled to leave the Indian city at 2 a.m. local time on Monday, January 12. Technical issues cause flight delays bangalore 21 hours.
The Boeing 777 finally took off at 11:22 pm local time and was expected to fly for 10 hours. Paris CDG, Air France’s main hub. It flies normally over India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. But four hours into the flight, the plane was flying over the South Turkmenistanone of the engines failed. The plane landed and an hour later landed at Ashgabat Airport. The aircraft arrived at the terminal at 3.38 am local time and taxied to the remote parking bay.
On X (formerly Twitter), Posted by user Aniket: “My brother’s flight AF191 was originally scheduled to depart at 2 a.m. on January 12. It was rescheduled to 10 p.m. due to technical issues and is now diverted/stranded in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is expected to depart at 1 p.m. on January 14. No visa.
“The Air France helpline was on hold for 45 minutes without providing the correct answer. If there is a problem with the aircraft, they will urgently arrange an alternative to ensure the safety of the passengers and the way we can contact our families.”
Turkmenistan has strict visa regulations, requiring a letter of invitation issued by an authorized travel agency and a fee of approximately US$50 (£37). this Ministry of Foreign Affairs It added: “All air travelers must take a Covid-19 test upon arrival at Ashgabat Airport, which costs $31 (£23). “Payment must be made in cash.
Another X user, Ruthvik Ganjur, wrote: “What happened to AF191 from #BLR to #CDG? Emergency landing at ASG. No news since. How are the passengers doing? Their safety? Next update? My parents are dealing with it. Your helpline is hopeless!!”
this Reported by aviation news service Airlive: “Flight AF191 is now scheduled to resume at 1pm on Wednesday instead of today, with a backup aircraft. Passengers were stranded at the airport for 33 hours.”
According to information from Flightradar24, a replacement Air France aircraft departed Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport for Ashgabat early Tuesday afternoon to rescue the passengers. It is expected to arrive at 8:27 pm local time on Tuesday. A departure for Paris at 1pm on Wednesday seems feasible once the crew has rested.
independent Air France has been asked for more information.
Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler says Ashgabat is stranger than the capital of North Korea. He wrote: “Before I arrived in Ashgabat, Pyongyang was undoubtedly the strangest city I had ever seen.
“It felt like some dystopian post-disaster movie scene where the buildings were untouched but the people were gone.”
2018 Air France passenger flying from Paris to Shanghai spent three days in Siberia after smoke was detected on board. After being diverted to Irkutsk, the passengers’ passports were confiscated and they were held in a hotel.
According to Air France, the airline sent a replacement aircraft, which itself “experienced a technical incident.” The third plane finally brought passengers from Siberia to Shanghai.
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