Air France Flight 11 successfully landed its New York-to-Paris flight after a technical failure resulted in a scare in the cockpit and forced the crew to take emergency action.
flight after a technical failure resulted in a scare in the cockpit and forced the crew to take emergency action, a spokesperson said.
After the Boeing 777 descended to 1,200 feet, it became unresponsive due to a"technical incident" and pilots did not know if its landing sequence could safely land the plane, an Air France spokesperson told the Daily Mail.Audio recordings from the incident appear to show a panicked cockpit attempting to avert a potentially deadly situation as the pilots then engaged the plane to abort the landing, the Daily Mail reported. Alarms from the cockpit can be heard blaring in the recording.
"We are ready to resume the final approach with radar guidance. Please give us time to manage the situation, then guide us with tailwind," the pilot added in the recording, according to the report."Air France confirms that the crew of flight AF011 on 4 April 2022 from New York JFK to Paris-CDG aborted their landing sequence and performed a go-around due to a technical incident during the approach," the Air France spokesperson said.
Air France told the outlet that the company is grateful for the safe landing of the plane and"understands and regrets" the inconvenience for its passengers. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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