France A321 near Venice on Mar 25th 2025, burning odour

Last Update: March 25, 2025 / 20:47:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 25, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1532

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Athens, Greece

Aircraft Registration
F-GTAZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Air France Airbus A321-200, registration F-GTAZ performing flight AF-1532 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Athens (Greece) with 198 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm southeast of Venice (Italy) when the crew decided to divert to Venice reporting a burning odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Venice's runway 04R about 20 minutes later. The aircraft stopped on the runway for an inspection by emergency services and taxied to the apron about 5 minutes later.

A replacement A321-200 registration F-GTAK positioned to Venice, continued the flight and reached Athens with a delay of about 6.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Venice about 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 25, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1532

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Athens, Greece

Aircraft Registration
F-GTAZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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